Deploying agents and data collectors for IBM Multicloud Manager

After you deploy the ICAM klusterlet (icam-clouddc-klusterlet) for IBM® Multicloud Manager, you can install and configure agents and data collectors.

Before you begin

The ICAM klusterlet for IBM Multicloud Manager must be deployed. For more information, see Deploying the ICAM klusterlet for IBM Multicloud Manager.

About this task

Kubernetes data collector is auto-configured when you deploy the ICAM klusterlet for IBM Multicloud Manager. The other agents and data collectors still need manual configuration. The steps to deploy these agents and data collectors for IBM Multicloud Manager are similar to the instructions in IBM Cloud Private environment.

You must download the data collector configuration packs to configure agents and data collectors to communicate with the Cloud App Management server.

Procedure

To download the configuration packs in IBM Multicloud Manager, complete the following steps:

  1. Login to the IBM Multicloud Manager dashboard.
  2. Select Event Management from the menu on the upper left of the window.
  3. Click Integrations on the IBM Cloud App Management Administration page.
  4. Click New Integration.
  5. Click Configure under ICAM Data collectors or ICAM Agents depending on which one you want to configure.
  6. Download the configuration package.

What to do next

For further instructions about deploying ICAM agents and data collectors, see the following topics:
  • Deploying ICAM Agents.
  • Deploying ICAM Data Collectors.
  • IBM Cloud App Management provides the Unified Agent, which is a framework of plug-ins to collect, process, aggregate, and write metrics to your Cloud App Management environment. It is based on Telegraf. By deploying the Unified Agent, you can receive OpenTracing workloads such as Jaeger and Zipkin, monitor NGINX and Redis workloads, IBM API Connect®, IBM App Connect Enterprise, and IBM MQ. To learn how to deploy the Unified Agent, see Unified Agent.