Deploying Mezmo Agent to Your Kubernetes Cluster Using Argonaut

Mezmo (formerly LogDNA) is a popular tools for logging data. It can be used to ingest, index, aggregate, visualize log data and provide alerts to the relevant teams when an unexpected event occurs.

Kubernetes Clusters are one of the many places where the Mezmo agent can be run. The Mezmo logging agent can read the log data from the host where it’s installed and upload the log data to Mezmo via a secure HTTPS connection.

This blog covers the steps to deploy a Mezmo agent to your Kubernetes clusters using Argonaut. Find out more about it and other observability tools in our recent blog.

Pre-requisites

1. Mezmo account
2. LogDNA ingestion key
3. Argonaut account
4. Argonaut environment
5. Kubernetes cluster v1.13 and above & Helm 3+ and above (Argonaut maintains the latest stable versions)

Setup Library App in Argonaut

Add an application

1. Click on the Application + and the From Library button

   

2. Choose Custom-Apps under configuration

3. Ensure the selected environment is correct, then select the cluster you want to deploy the agent to.

4. Set the namespace you want to deploy the ingestion agent to be tools.

5. Set the release name of the application as mezmo-agent.

6. Set the chart name as agent.

7. Set the chart repository as https://assets.logdna.com/charts.

8. Leave the chart version blank. It will be automatically populated to the latest version.

   

9. Click on load values.yaml

   You will now see all the relevant values for the deployment.

   Here, add your Mezmo ingestion key and tags like production, staging, etc. You can also modify the resource requests and limits to suit your needs. You can find an ingestion key at the top of your Add a Log Source page.

   1logdna:
   2    key: <logdna-ingestion-key>
   3    tags: <tags>
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10. Click on the Deploy button to deploy the application. This could take up to 2 minutes.

Wrapping up

Once installed, you should see the mezmo-agent in your environment’s Add-ons section.

You can now view logs, deployment history, and manage configurations by selecting the app and choosing the respective tab.

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