Deploy New Relic's Kubernetes integration with Pixie

Install Pixie

Pixie can be deployed alongside New Relic’s Kubernetes Integration using the New Relic One guided install:

  • Navigate to your New Relic One homepage
  • Click on the green Add more data button at the top right hand side of your screen

GuidedInstall

  • Click on Guided install

GuidedInstall

  • Select your New Relic account from the dropdown box, and then click the Continue button

GuidedInstall

  • Click the Kubernetes button

GuidedInstall

  • Enter tinyhats as the name of your cluster, and then click the Continue button:

GuidedInstall

If you have instrumented other Kubernetes clusters in your New Relic account, you will need to first click on the Instrument new cluster link before being able to enter a cluster name.

  • Ensure the options selected match those in the image below:

GuidedInstall

  • Copy the command and paste it into the shell of your Cloud9 environment:

GuidedInstall

Deploying Pixie will take about 5 minutes.

  • Check if the Pixie components have been deployed:
kubectl get pods -n newrelic

You should see output similar to below. All pods should be ready and available before proceeding.


NAME                                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
kelvin-7749f484bc-9vmrd                   1/1     Running   0          2m14s
nats-operator-7d686798f4-tkjn4            1/1     Running   0          2m28s
pl-nats-1                                 1/1     Running   0          2m21s
vizier-certmgr-5bc8d5dcc8-grrqt           1/1     Running   0          2m14s
vizier-cloud-connector-5cdf4ccb94-crz8p   1/1     Running   0          2m14s
vizier-metadata-0                         1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-5fs5d                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-5kxm5                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-b79fz                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-c5bh8                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-ddjvw                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-pem-rx7f4                          1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-proxy-7c75497cdd-4lzm5             1/1     Running   0          2m13s
vizier-query-broker-6f7fc849f-wdpcz       1/1     Running   0          2m13s
  • Back in your New Relic One tab, click the Continue button. If your cluster was instrumented successfully, you should see the following message:

GuidedInstall

Congratulations! You have successfully instrumented your EKS cluster with both the New Relic Kubernetes integration and New Relic’s Pixie!