Lab Environment

The lab environment includes 2 Openshift clusters and 3 VMs.

Openshift clusters:

1. AIOps OCP Cluster - Not required for this lab.
2. Apps SNO Cluster - An instance of Single Node OpenShift that will be used to learn how to install the Instana agent in a Kubernetes/OpenShift environment.

Virtual Machines:

1. Guacamole VM - A RHEL VM that will be used as the bastion host for the lab network. Guacamole has access to all lab VM's and clusters and will be your primary workstation for these labs.
2. Instana - An Ubuntu VM that will be used to install a single node self-hosted Instana server.
3. MQACE - An Ubuntu VM that contains the pre-installed IBM ACE and MQ middleware. This VM will be used to install the Instana agent and monitor the middleware.

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• IBM MQ, IBM ACE and Quote of the Day have been pre-installed.
• You will install and configure all remaining components during these labs.

Prerequisites

To complete this lab you will need:

• Instana License

  IBM Business Partners can get a 2 week trial Instana License from IBM PartnerWorld - Software Access Catalog as part of the IBM Partner Packages.

  IBMers can get access to an Instana License here

  • Download/Agent Key (Entered during the lab)
  • Sales Key (Entered during the lab)

Requesting a Lab Environment

Below is a live chart showing Tech Zone capacity in each available region. When requesting your environment it would be wise to select the region that has the most capacity available.

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Follow these instructions for step by step guidance on requesting a lab environment in IBM Tech Zone.

Request Tech Zone environment:

• Jam-in-a-Box: Instana - Install