Do I need both OneAgent and Kubernetes operators?

[Sahil2308]

Can OneAgent and Kubernetes operators both have to be installed for monitoring?
Or is it ok to only have K8 operator integration? 

[radek_jasinski]

Hi,

Dynatrace Operator is not for monitoring, but for managing OneAgent, who are run on individual Kubernetes or Openshift pods. Only OAs perform monitoring or you can run a custom plugin at the ActiveGate to pull additional metrics to DT.

Radek

[Sahil2308]

Hi Radek,

What I wanted to ask, is one agent installation at a server level (Install OneAgent on Linux | Dynatrace Docs) is required and then on top of that kubernetes installation (Set up Dynatrace on Kubernetes/OpenShift | Dynatrace Docs), or is Kubernetes installation alone is sufficient and we don't need oneagent on a server level(Install OneAgent on Linux | Dynatrace Docs)?

[radek_jasinski · Accepted solution]

The installation on Kubernetes alone (by Dynatrace Operator) is sufficient and there is no need to monitor additionally the hardware layer on which the K8S is running.