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This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.
In this guide you’ll install and run the Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline Manager (powered by Bindplane) on Kubernetes using Helm. For installation in other environments, contact your Honeycomb account team for assistance.

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Before You Begin

To install Pipeline Manager you’ll need:
  • A Honeycomb license key.

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Install with Kubernetes Using Helm

Using the helm chart to install Pipeline Manager in a Kubernetes cluster requires Helm 3.0+ and Kubernetes 1.24+.
  1. Add the Honeycomb Helm repository: 
    helm repo add honeycomb https://honeycombio.github.io/helm-charts
  2. Set the LICENSE_KEY environment variable to your HTP License key as provided by your Honeycomb account team: 
    export LICENSE_KEY="my-honeycomb-license-key"
  3. Create a Kubernetes secret called hny-secrets, setting the values for username and password to something of your choosing (admin/admin is not recommended): 
    kubectl create secret generic hny-secrets \
    --from-literal=license=$LICENSE_KEY \
    --from-literal=sessions_secret=$(uuidgen) \
    --from-literal=username=admin \
    --from-literal=password=admin
  4. Install the HTP server: 
    helm install htp-bindplane honeycomb/htp-bindplane
  5. Add port forwarding to view the UI: 
    kubectl port-forward svc/htp 3001

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Log in and Get Started

  1. In your browser, navigate to localhost:3001 or the remote URL you set during configuration.
  2. You should see the Honeycomb logo and a sign in form. Sign in with the username and password from your helm chart. The default value for both fields if you did not change them is admin.
  3. Next you should see a Welcome modal with the Honeycomb logo.
  4. Enter your desired Organization Name.
  5. Read and accept the EULA.