Validate the Cluster Agent Installation

This page describes how to validate a Cluster Agent installation using the Kubernetes CLI or Helm chart.

Cluster Agent Validation

Verify that the Cluster Agent and Cluster Agent Operator pods are running by reviewing the status:

kubectl -n appdynamics get pods
NAME                                                           READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
appdynamics-operator-7958f676d9-gvdcw                          1/1     Running   0          4d21h
k8s-cluster-agent-5967c9b7b9-rkwzt                             1/1     Running   0          4d21h

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Verify that the Cluster Agent is reporting to the Controller. If the Cluster Agent successfully registers with the Controller based on the credentials you entered in the cluster-agent.yaml file, and the cluster-agent-secret you created in the appdynamics namespace (which contains the Controller Account Access Key), then the Cluster Agent displays in the Controller UI under Servers/Cluster using the appName from cluster-agent.yaml.

It may take 5-10 minutes for the data to populate.
Verify the monitored namespaces. Under the Inventory dashboard, check that the monitored namespaces match the namespace configuration in the cluster-agent.yaml file and that the monitored namespaces contain deployed pods.

If necessary, update the namespace configuration (nsToMonitor, nsToMonitorRegex) in cluster-agent.yaml and re-create the Cluster Agent.
```
kubectl -n appdynamics delete -f cluster-agent.yaml
kubectl -n appdynamics create -f cluster-agent.yaml
```
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If you are still experiencing problems with the installation, see Troubleshoot the Cluster Agent.