topic EasyTrade installation on free kubernetes platform for Dynatrace monitoring modes Testing in Container platforms

EasyTrade installation on free kubernetes platform for Dynatrace monitoring modes Testing

helton_harada — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:13:00 GMT

Hi Everyone!

I would like to test Kubernetes monitoring modes (cloudnativefullstack, application monitoring, host monitoring, fullstack monitoring...etc).

To achieve that, it is necessary a low-cost kubernetes cluster (ideally free) to install Easytrade application (https://github.com/Dynatrace/easytrade/tree/main) for my own, a personnal kubernetes cluster (admin privileges).

Once Easytrade is running, it would be possible to test Dynatrace implementation on it.

Does anyone have any tips?

Re: EasyTrade installation on free kubernetes platform for Dynatrace monitoring modes Testing

bsnurka — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:17:25 GMT

I've found it personally easiest to stand up a local K8s Cluster using Docker for Windows + Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Provides a free single node K8s Cluster that can run DT Operator as needed for testing/validation: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/05/21/wsl-docker-kubernetes-on-the-windows-desktop/

There is K3s if we want a RaspberryPi based K8s Cluster.

Re: EasyTrade installation on free kubernetes platform for Dynatrace monitoring modes Testing

helton_harada — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:26:01 GMT

Hi @bsnurka ! My first idea was to use Kind or even Minikube too, but I was trying to avoid them because I don't know if EasyTrade application would work it...besides, in real situations, we run applications in full multi-nodes k8s.

Have you ever tried implement a DT Operator for monitoring them?

I've heard about a free tier in Oracle Cloud, where we can get up to 24 GB memory total, dividing amoung up to 4 instances...Maybe It would be possible to implement a k8s. I don't know whether it still a valid offer.

Re: EasyTrade installation on free kubernetes platform for Dynatrace monitoring modes Testing

svans71 — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:09:37 GMT

I installed easyTrade App on EC2 instance inside minikube. It works, after some little changes, but in this shenario it is impossible for me to access to frontend. It is a service (type load balancer) inside a minikube cluster

The external-ip address is always pending

I tried to use minikube tunnel but it should be better another solution, perhaps changing the type of frontendreverseproxy-easytrade service (no LoadBalaner) and using an Ingress

But I dont want to change easytrade deployment unknowing other side effects