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Use this skill whenever the user wants to deploy the Datadog Agent on a GKE cluster using the Datadog Operator via Helm. Triggers on mentions of Datadog Operator, Helm Datadog install, Datadog on GKE, Kubernetes agent deployment, or GKE observability setup.
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/gcp-gke:install-dd-operatorThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Deploy the Datadog Agent on a GKE Standard cluster using the Datadog Operator via Helm.
README-DATADOG-CONFIG-REFERENCE.mdREADME-DATADOG-OPERATOR-TROUBLESHOOT.mdassets/helm-chart-proof.pngassets/proof-datadog-agent-operator.pngreferences/cloudmonitoring-integration.mdreferences/datadog-agent.yamlreferences/datadog-operator-agent.yamlreferences/datadog-values.yamlreferences/nginx-test.yamlDeploy the Datadog Agent on a GKE Standard cluster using the Datadog Operator via Helm.
setup-gke-cluster skill)kubectl and helm CLI toolshelm repo add datadog https://helm.datadoghq.com
helm install datadog-operator datadog/datadog-operator
kubectl create secret generic datadog-secret --from-literal api-key=<YOUR_DATADOG_API_KEY>
Edit references/datadog-agent.yaml and set clusterName to your actual GKE cluster name:
spec:
global:
clusterName: "your-actual-cluster-name"
kubectl apply -f references/datadog-agent.yaml
# Check agent pods are running
kubectl get pods -l app.kubernetes.io/name=datadog -o wide
# Check agent status
kubectl exec $(kubectl get pods -l app.kubernetes.io/component=agent -o name | head -1) \
-c agent -- agent status 2>/dev/null | head -50
See assets/proof-datadog-agent-operator.png for expected output.
In the Datadog UI: Infrastructure > Kubernetes — verify the cluster appears.
i/o timeout or Client.Timeout exceededCause: Cluster lacks outbound internet access.
Fix: Configure Cloud NAT (see setup-gke-cluster skill).
Cause: clusterName in datadog-agent.yaml still has placeholder value.
Fix: Set it to your actual cluster name and reapply: kubectl apply -f references/datadog-agent.yaml
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