Installing Z APM Connect DG for Proof of Concept evaluation

Required configuration information for the OpenTelemetry solution

The following connection and OpenTelemetry Collector information is required during installation and initial configuration:

• OpenTelemetry connection information:

  • The hostname and port number of the gRPC acceptor for your OpenTelemetry Collector

    • gRPC is the preferred communication protocol, but if required HTTP(S) is supported as well

  • The OpenTelemetry Collector's public certificate f using TLS to secure the connection between the Z APM Connect Distributed Gateway

  • If using TLS to secure the connection between Z APM Connect z/OS® components and Z APM Connect distributed components, two-way authentication is enforced, which requires the following:

    • The appropriate CA certificate installed and trusted in RACF®

    • A certificate with a client authentication extension installed in RACF, as well as its trust chain certificates

    • A JKS format truststore on the distributed environment containing the appropriate CA certificate

    • A JKS format keystore on the distributed environment containing a certificate with a server authentication extension, as well as its trust chain certificates