Installing Standard Edition in an online environment

You can install Self-Hosted Standard Edition on a single-node or multi-node cluster.

Prerequisites for installing Standard Edition in online environment

The Standard Edition installer first installs a cluster. Then, it installs and configures both the Instana backend and data stores on the cluster.

Adding Instana repository and installing stanctl tool in online environments

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To add Instana repository and installing stanctl tool, see Installing stanctl command-line tool. For single-node cluster, you must run commands on your Instana host. In a multi-node cluster, run commands on node0 (instana-0).

Deploying Standard Edition in an online environment

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You must install the cluster, Instana backend, and all the required data stores.

The command not only creates the cluster, but also completes the Instana installation. You can use flags with the command to specify configurations. For example, if you run stanctl up --install-type demo, you won't need to specify the installation type at the prompt in the next step.

Note: If you used custom directories for the data stores, make sure to add the --volume-<directory-name> flag for each directory to the stanctl up command. Or, use environment variables. See Environment variables.

Note: If your environment must have an HTTP proxy for external connectivity, configure the proxy settings as described in the Configuring an HTTP proxy server section. Also, when you run the stanctl up command to install the Standard Edition, make sure to add the --core-proxy-host, --core-proxy-port, --core-proxy-user, and --core-proxy-password flags. Or, use environment variables. See Environment variables.

To install a single-node cluster, run the following command:
```
stanctl up
 
```
To install a multi-node cluster, run the following command on node0 (instana0):
```
stanctl up --multi-node-enable
 
```

Enter the parameter values at the prompt. For more information about the prompts, see the Before you begin section.

Note: You can use stanctl up --quiet to silently install by suppressing the prompts for parameters. If you do so, default values are applied unless you explicitly specify the parameter values by using CLI flags or environment variables.

? Choose installation type: demo
? Enter the download key or an official agent key: **********************
? Enter the sales key: **********************
? Enter the domain under which Instana will be reachable: instana.example.com
? Enter your tenant name: marketing
? Enter your unit name: test
? Enter Instana admin password: *****
? Confirm Instana admin password: *****
? Enter TLS certificate file (hit ENTER to auto-generate):

If multiple Instana backend versions are available for installation, you see a prompt with the available versions as shown in the following example. Select the Instana backend version that you want to install.

? Select Instana version to install:

  [Use arrows to move, type to filter]
> 3.281.433-0
  3.279.369-0

When installation of the Standard Edition is successfully initialized, it starts setting up the cluster. You might see the following message:

⠧ Setting up the Kubernetes cluster  [9s]

It might take several minutes for the Instana backend to be ready.

When you see the following message, your cluster is ready. You can log in to the Instana UI by using the URL and username that are shown in the message. For more information, see Accessing the Standard Edition UI.

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* Successfully installed Instana Self-Hosted Standard Edition! *
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* URL: https://instana.example.com                             *
* Username: admin@instana.local                                *
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