Special instructions for IBM® Passport Advantage® customers

Extract Instana ZIP archive

Make sure you have unzip installed. Extract the Instana ZIP archive with one of the following commands. The archive includes the IBM LAP license (accept-license.sh), installation instructions (instructions.pdf), a configuration template (setting.hcl), and a temporary license (license.json) for an Instana backend.

$ unzip -q APM.zip

$ unzip -q IQM.zip

IBM LAP license

Before you begin the installation, you must accept the IBM LAP license by running the following command:

$ ./accept-license.sh

After you extract the Instana ZIP archive and accept the IBM LAP license, complete one of the following procedures to obtain a permanent license and sales key, and to activate or renew the license:

• For Standard Edition, see License activation and renewal.

• For Custom Edition, see License and sales key renewal.

You currently have two options for self-hosted installation:

• Standard Edition

  Self-Hosted Standard Edition is the mainstream choice for most customers to use, which has feature parity with the SaaS offering. In addition, you can deploy Standard Edition in air-gapped environments that currently have a single node.For a seamless and enhanced user experience, Standard Edition is the recommended choice for deploying Instana self-hosted. Standard Edition simplifies the deployment process with the stanctl tool, which automates cluster deployment, data store installation, component setup, updates, and other key functions, by reducing the complexity of managing Kubernetes clusters.

• Custom Edition

  Self-Hosted Custom Edition (Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform) is tailored for extra large-scale implementations. Deploying and managing Custom Edition at scale requires a team with experience (or willing to develop it) in the deployment, maintenance and optimization of Kubernetes, and scalable data store administration and management. For support and assistance, contact SWAT and expert labs.