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Data plane installation

The data plane is a Kubernetes deployment containing the Controller and the Agent Router. This step installs those components in the target cluster and connects them to the management plane. Select the guide that matches the target cloud platform and preferred installation tooling.


Azure · AKS · tare CLI

Azure using tare CLI

Install on Azure Kubernetes Service using the tare CLI. The recommended path for AKS deployments when the tare CLI is available in the environment.

Azure installation guide →
Azure · AKS · Helm

Azure using Helm

Install on Azure Kubernetes Service using Helm and a private container registry such as Azure Container Registry. Use this guide when a private registry is required by the environment.

Azure Helm guide →
AWS · EKS · tare CLI

AWS using tare CLI

Install on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service using the tare CLI.

AWS installation guide →
GCP · GKE · tare CLI

GCP using tare CLI

Install on Google Kubernetes Engine using the tare CLI.

GCP installation guide →
Any cloud · Helm

Helm (cloud-agnostic)

Helm-based installation for platform teams that own the Helm release lifecycle and maintain a private container registry such as Harbor, JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or Google Artifact Registry.

Helm installation guide →

All data plane guides assume the following steps are already complete:

  • Prerequisites confirmed: access, accounts, cloud quotas, and network rules.
  • Onboarding complete: first sign-in to the management plane and the Admin Dashboard onboarding wizard.
  • SSO configured: an OIDC identity provider connected and role mappings defined.
  • Target Kubernetes cluster provisioned. Cluster provisioning is not covered by Tetrate support.