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2. Getting Started

Gather Details: Tenant ID & Environment#

You will need access to a Dynatrace tenant. If you do not have access, sign up for a free 15 day trial.

Make a note of your Dynatrace tenant ID. It is the first bit of your URL (eg. abc12345 in the following examples):

https://abc12345.live.dynatrace.com
https://abc12345.apps.dynatrace.com

Gather Details: Environment Type#

Make a note of your "environment type" based on your URL.

If you are unsure, use live.

URL Environment Type
abc12345.apps.dynatrace.com live
abc12345.live.dynatrace.com live
abc12345.sprint.dynatracelabs.com sprint
abc12345.dev.dynatracelabs.com dev

Gather Details: Create API Token#

In Dynatrace:

  • Press ctrl + k. Search for access tokens.
  • Create a new access token with the following permissions:
    • metrics.ingest
    • logs.ingest
    • openTelemetryTrace.ingest

Start Demo#

Enter Required Information

During the next step you will be prompted for some details.

Enter the relevant details in the GitHub form.

Click this button to launch the demo in a new tab.

Open in GitHub Codespaces

  • Clone the repository to your local machine
git clone https://github.com/dynatrace/obslab-otel-collector-data-ingest
set DT_ENVIRONMENT_ID=abc12345
set DT_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE=live
set DT_API_TOKEN=dt0c01.******.***********
  • Start Docker / Podman
  • Create the environment
devcontainer up

It will take a few moments but you should see:

{"outcome":"success","containerId":"...","remoteUser":"root","remoteWorkspaceFolder":"/workspaces/obslab-k6"}
  • Connect to the demo environment. This will launch a new Visual Studio Code window
    devcontainer open
    

In the new Visual Studio code window, open a new terminal and continue with the tutorial.

You will now have an empty Kubernetes cluster. It is time to install the applications.