Installing Custom Edition on Azure Kubernetes Service

Prerequisites

Make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• The Instana agent key and download key are obtained.
• The following tools are installed and ready to use:
  • kubectl
  • Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI)
  • Helm
  • Docker or Podman

Procedure

To install Instana on Azure Kubernetes Service, complete the following steps:

1. Install the Instana kubectl plug-in, see Installing the Instana kubectl plug-in.

2. Install Helm, see Preparing for online installation.

3. Verify the Instana and Operator versions:

   kubectl instana -v
   

4. Create the namespaces for data stores:

   kubectl create ns instana-zookeeper
   kubectl create ns instana-kafka
   kubectl create ns instana-clickhouse
   kubectl create ns instana-postgres
   kubectl create ns instana-cassandra
   kubectl create ns instana-elastic
   kubectl create ns instana-core
   kubectl create ns instana-units
   kubectl create ns instana-operator
   kubectl create ns cert-manager
   

5. Add the Helm repositories, see Preparing to install data store operators.

6. Install data store Operator:

   1. Create a Cassandra data store, see Creating a Cassandra data store.
   2. Create a Clickhouse data store, see Creating a ClickHouse data store.
   3. Create an Elasticsearch data store, see Creating an Elasticsearch data store.
   4. Create a Kafka data store, see Creating a Kafka data store.
   5. Create a Postgres data store, see Creating a Postgres data store.
   6. Create a Zookeeper data store, see Creating a ZooKeeper data store.
   7. Install BeeInstana, see Using the BeeInstana Kubernetes Operator.

7. Install Instana Enterprise operator, see Installing the Instana Enterprise operator.

8. Download the Instana license:

   kubectl instana license download --sales-key <redacted>
   

9. Install the Instana backend with Azure Filesystem, see Installing the Instana backend.

10. Add the load balancer details and DNS, see Setting up load balancers and DNS.