Installing the agent on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM z/OS by using IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX)

Use IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) to install the Instana agent on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on IBM z/OS.

To install the agent, you must first log in to IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) on Red Hat OpenShift.

To log in to the zCX Red Hat OpenShift container, complete the following steps:

1. On your Red Hat OpenShift console, click your username to open the drop-down menu and select Copy login command.

2. Authenticate the access by using your Red Hat OpenShift login credentials.

3. Click Display Token.

4. Copy the OAUTH token under Log in with this token.

5. Log in to your Red Hat OpenShift container by using the following commands:

   ssh <username>@<zOS_system_IP> -i <zOS_system_login_key> -p <port_number>
   

   docker exec -it <zcxocpcli_container_name> /bin/bash
   

6. Run the OAUTH token that you copied in step 4.

You are now logged in to IBM z/OS Container Extensions (zCX) on Red Hat OpenShift. You can now start to install the agent by using the methods provided in the Choosing how you want to install the agent section.