Installing third-party data store operators

Each Instana data store is installed as a high-performing, distributed data store cluster, and is installed on the same cluster as the Instana backend. The installation uses third-party operators for installing the data stores. Each data store is managed by its respective operator.

You must install the following third-party data store operators. You can install these data stores in both online and air-gapped (offline) environments.

• Apache Cassandra is a NoSQL distributed database. For more information, see Apache Cassandra

  

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• ClickHouse is a column-oriented database for generating powerful analytics, by using SQL queries, in real-time. For more information, see ClickHouse

  

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• Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine. For more information, see Elasticsearch

  

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• Apache Kafka is an open source distributed event streaming platform. For more information, see Apache Kafka

  

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• PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system. For more information, see PostgreSQL

  

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  You can install PostgreSQL by using the following operators:

  • CloudNativePG, which is a comprehensive platform that is designed to seamlessly manage PostgreSQL databases within Kubernetes environments. For more information, see CloudNativePG

    

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  • Zalando Postgres, which is a Postgres operator that creates and manages PostgreSQL clusters running in Kubernetes environments. For more information, see Zalando Postgres operator

    

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• Apache ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services for distributed applications. For more information, see Apache ZooKeeper

  

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For installing the data store operators, see the instructions for your platform:

• Installing on Linux® x86_64
• Installing on Linux® on IBM Z® and LinuxONE
• Installing on Linux® on Power® (ppc64le)