Install Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline

You can deploy Chronosphere Telemetry Pipeline on a virtual machine (VM) running a supported Linux operating system, or in a Kubernetes cluster. In either method, the installation process installs Kubernetes on your chosen platform.

The installation process creates a Core Operator, which is a Kubernetes operator for managing Telemetry Pipeline resources. You also install a Core Instance, which is a functional grouping you create to manage pipelines. See Core Operator and Core Instance for more information about these concepts.

Choose whether to install Telemetry Pipeline on a virtual machine or in a Kubernetes cluster.

After installing Telemetry Pipeline, you can configure its behavior and begin to route telemetry data.

Virtual machine

To install Telemetry Pipeline on a virtual machine (VM), you start the installation process in the Telemetry Pipeline web interface, which provides an installation script. This script completes the following actions:

Deploys K3s (opens in a new tab) on your VM.
Downloads and installs local files for installing Telemetry Pipeline.
Creates a Core Instance in your VM.

You can then use Pipeline CLI to install a Core Instance.

Use one of the following methods to install Telemetry Pipeline on a VM running one of these Linux operating systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ubuntu Server Linux

Kubernetes

You install Telemetry Pipeline in a Kubernetes cluster with Pipeline CLI or Helm. Using the web interface is optional, and provides only an interface to generate the required installation commands for Pipeline CLI and Helm.

Use one of the following methods to install Telemetry Pipeline in a Kubernetes cluster:

Pipeline CLI Helm Telemetry Pipeline web interface

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