Overview

Run the Datadog Agent in your Kubernetes cluster to start collecting your cluster and applications metrics, traces, and logs.

Note: Agent v6.0+ only supports Kubernetes v1.7.6+. For prior versions of Kubernetes, see Legacy Kubernetes versions.

For Agent commands, see the Agent Commands guides.

For information pertaining to the Datadog Cluster Agent, which provides a streamlined approach to collecting cluster level monitoring data, see Cluster Agent for Kubernetes.

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

Check out the latest Datadog Containers releases (App login required).RELEASE NOTES Limit data collection to a subset of containers onlyDOCUMENTATION Docker runtime deprecation in KubernetesDOCUMENTATION Join an interactive session for insights on Kubernetes monitoringFOUNDATION ENABLEMENT