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Agent installation

You can install the Agent using either the Datadog Operator or Helm chart by following the in-app installation guide in Fleet Automation. This guided interface allows you to:

  • Select your Kubernetes distribution (for example EKS, AKS, or GKE)
  • Generate helm and kubectl commands with your API key prefilled
  • Enable features such as APM, Log Management, tagging and other telemetry through UI-based configuration
In-app installation steps for the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes.

The Datadog Operator flow installs the Datadog Operator and uses Custom Resources to configure your observability coverage.

The Helm Chart flow installs the Datadog components more directly and offers similar toggles for observability features.

Both options allow you to manage a configuration: the Datadog Operator or Helm chart creates the Datadog Agent DaemonSet, Cluster Agent Deployment, and all their dependencies for your Kubernetes-based monitoring.

See Supported Versions for the full list of Kubernetes versions supported by the Datadog Agent.

Manual installation

The in-app installation tool in Fleet Automation provides a guided way to build your configurations. You can also see the Kubernetes installation docs for steps on how to deploy and configure the Datadog Operator or Datadog Helm chart manually in your enviornment.

Datadog recommends that you use the Datadog Operator or the Datadog Helm Chart to deploy all the Kubernetes resources for you. If you need to deploy the all the manifests directly consult the full Kubernetes manual installation documentation.

For Agent commands, see the Agent Commands guides. For information on the Datadog Cluster Agent and its role, see Cluster Agent for Kubernetes.

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Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

Getting Started with Kubernetes ObservabilityLEARNING CENTER more more Check out the latest Datadog Containers releases (App login required).RELEASE NOTES more more Limit data collection to a subset of containers onlyDOCUMENTATION more more Docker runtime deprecation in KubernetesDOCUMENTATION more more Join an interactive session for insights on Kubernetes monitoringFOUNDATION ENABLEMENT more more A guide on scaling out your Kubernetes pods with the Watermark Pod AutoscalerBLOG more more