Installation overview

Perform the following high-level tasks to install, deploy, and start Z APM Connect DG.

1. Create a project or namespace, and create necessary secrets for TLS and connectivity to Instana. For detailed instructions, see Pre-deployment configuration.

2. Extract the tar file by using the tar -xf 6.1.1-TIV-INSTANA-FP00001-cluster.tar.gz command and load the images to cluster's image registry. For detailed instructions, see Installing Z APM Connect DG images.

3. Populate the deployment files. For detailed instructions, see Populating deployment files.

4. Apply the deployment to start the Z APM Connect DG. For detailed instructions, see Starting Z APM Connect Distributed Gateway.