What is required to enable monitoring for Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift?

To enable monitoring for Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift, creating Dynatrace API and PaaS tokens is crucial. This process involves generating specific tokens that allow Dynatrace to communicate with your Kubernetes or OpenShift environment. The API token provides secure access to the Dynatrace platform, enabling it to pull metrics and other relevant data needed for monitoring. The PaaS token facilitates the integration with Platform as a Service configurations, ensuring that the Dynatrace monitoring capabilities are fully utilized within the Kubernetes or OpenShift environment.

Without these tokens, Dynatrace cannot authenticate and interact with your Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters, which means monitoring cannot be effectively set up or data cannot be gathered. This step is fundamental for the operational health and observability that Dynatrace provides in a cloud-native environment.