Kubernetes

To install the chart with a custom release name, <RELEASE_NAME> (e.g. datadog-agent):

1. Install Helm.
2. Download the Datadog value.yaml configuration file.
3. Retrieve your Datadog API key from your Agent installation instructions and run:

• Helm v3+

  helm install <RELEASE_NAME> -f datadog-values.yaml  --set datadog.apiKey=<DATADOG_API_KEY> stable/datadog

• Helm v1/v2

  helm install -f datadog-values.yaml --name <RELEASE_NAME> --set datadog.apiKey=<DATADOG_API_KEY> stable/datadog

This chart adds the Datadog Agent to all nodes in your cluster via a DaemonSet. It also optionally deploys the kube-state-metrics chart and uses it as an additional source of metrics about the cluster. A few minutes after installation, Datadog begins to report hosts and metrics.

Next, enable the Datadog features that you’d like to use: APM, Logs

Note: For a full list of the Datadog chart’s configurable parameters and their default values, refer to the Datadog Helm repository README.

Upgrading from chart v1.x

The Datadog chart has been refactored in v2.0 to regroup the values.yaml parameters in a more logical way.

If your current chart version deployed is earlier than v2.0.0, follow the migration guide to map your previous settings with the new fields.

Take advantage of DaemonSets to deploy the Datadog Agent on all your nodes (or on specific nodes by using nodeSelectors).

To install the Datadog Agent on your Kubernetes cluster:

1. Configure Agent permissions: If your Kubernetes has role-based access control (RBAC) enabled, configure RBAC permissions for your Datadog Agent service account. From Kubernetes 1.6 onwards, RBAC is enabled by default. Create the appropriate ClusterRole, ServiceAccount, and ClusterRoleBinding with the following command:

   kubectl apply -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/master/Dockerfiles/manifests/rbac/clusterrole.yaml"
   
   kubectl apply -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/master/Dockerfiles/manifests/rbac/serviceaccount.yaml"
   
   kubectl apply -f "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/master/Dockerfiles/manifests/rbac/clusterrolebinding.yaml"

   Note: Those RBAC configurations are set for the default namespace by default. If you are in a custom namespace, update the namespace parameter before applying them.

2. Create a secret that contains your Datadog API Key. Replace the <DATADOG_API_KEY> below with the API key for your organization. This secret is used in the manifest to deploy the Datadog Agent.

   kubectl create secret generic datadog-secret --from-literal api-key="<DATADOG_API_KEY>" --namespace="default"

   Note: This create a secret in the default namespace. If you are in a custom namespace, update the namespace parameter of the command before running it.

3. Create the Datadog Agent manifest. Create the datadog-agent.yaml manifest out of one of the following templates:

   • Manifest with Logs, APM, process, metrics collection enabled.
   • Manifest with Logs, APM, and metrics collection enabled.
   • Manifest with Logs and metrics collection enabled.
   • Manifest with APM and metrics collection enabled.
   • Vanilla Manifest with just metrics collection enabled.

   To enable trace collection completely, extra steps are required on your application pod configuration. Refer also to the logs, APM, and processes documentation pages to learn how to enable each feature individually.

   Note: Those manifests are set for the default namespace by default. If you are in a custom namespace, update the metadata.namespace parameter before applying them.

4. Optional - Set your Datadog site. If you are using the Datadog EU site, set the DD_SITE environment variable to datadoghq.eu in the datadog-agent.yaml manifest.

5. Deploy the DaemonSet with the command:

   kubectl apply -f datadog-agent.yaml

6. Verification: To verify the Datadog Agent is running in your environment as a DaemonSet, execute:

   kubectl get daemonset

   If the Agent is deployed, you will see output similar to the text below, where DESIRED and CURRENT are equal to the number of nodes running in your cluster.

   NAME            DESIRED   CURRENT   READY     UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR   AGE
   datadog-agent   2         2         2         2            2           <none>          10s

7. Optional - Setup Kubernetes State metrics: Download the Kube-State manifests folder and apply them to your Kubernetes cluster to automatically collects kube-state metrics:

   kubectl apply -f <NAME_OF_THE_KUBE_STATE_MANIFESTS_FOLDER>

The Datadog Operator is in public beta. The Datadog Operator is a way to deploy the Datadog Agent on Kubernetes and OpenShift. It reports deployment status, health, and errors in its Custom Resource status, and it limits the risk of misconfiguration thanks to higher-level configuration options. To get started, check out the Getting Started page in the Datadog Operator repo and install the operator from the OperatorHub.io Datadog Operator page or the Red Hat Products Catalog.