Install Devtron Freemium

Introduction

With Devtron Freemium, you can access all the enterprise features limited to 1 cluster managed by Devtron. For your advanced and challenging use cases, you get comprehensive enterprise features including but not limited to:

• Release orchestration

• Resource monitoring

• Advanced filtering

• Fine-grained access control

• Security scans

• Policies related to approval, deployment, plugins, tags, infra...and many more.

Step 1: Sign up for License

To install Devtron Freemium, go to Devtron's License Dashboard.

You can choose any of the two methods to sign up: SSO or Work Email

Method 1: Sign up using SSO

1. Log in using Google, GitHub, or Microsoft SSO providers. Personal email accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo are not supported.

   
2. Once logged in, the Devtron License Dashboard will open.

3. Under Tell Us About You, fill the required basic details, and click Next to proceed to Step 2: Install Devtron.

Method 2: Sign up using Work Email

Use this method if your email is not associated with any of the SSO options provided on the screen.

1. Select Continue with Email to log in.

   
2. Enter your work email and select Send Login Link

   
3. A login link will be sent to the email address provided by you. If you do not receive the link, you can resend it after 30 seconds.

   Note: Your login link will be valid only for 10 minutes.

   

1. Open the email and click Login to License Dashboard.

   

   Once logged in, the Devtron License Dashboard will open.

2. Under Tell Us About You, fill the required basic details, and click Next to proceed to Step 2: Install Devtron.

   

Step 2: Install Devtron

The commands for installing Devtron in Full Mode (with integrations) is directly available on the Devtron License Dashboard for supported K8s distributions.

Select your preferred K8s distribution and run the commands shown beneath it. First, the installation commands, and then the commands to access the dashboard URL.

After successfully installing Devtron and obtaining the dashboard URL, click Next to proceed to Step 3: Get License Key

kubectl get svc -n devtroncd devtron-service -o jsonpath='{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}'

scp user@cloud-vm-ip:/path/to/kubeconfig ~/.kube/config 
kubectl config use-context <context-name> # Set the correct context.
kubectl -n devtroncd port-forward service/devtron-service 8000:80

Step 3: Get License Key

You will now need to enter your Devtron Installation Fingerprint to generate a license key.

Get Devtron installation's fingerprint

To get the Installation Fingerprint, follow the below steps:

1. Visit the Dashboard URL obtained in Step 2.

   
2. You will see an installation fingerprint that uniquely identifies your installation. Copy the fingerprint.

   
3. Go back to the License Dashboard and paste the fingerprint you copied earlier and click Get License Key.

   
4. Your license will be generated. Copy the license key.

   

1. Go back to your Devtron Dashboard URL page. Paste your license key under the License Key field, and click Activate.

   
2. Devtron Freemium will be activated, and you can log in to Devtron Dashboard.

   

Step 4: Log in to Devtron

1. After successful license activation, you will see the Devtron login page.

   
2. Initially, log in with the administrator credentials. By default, the username is admin. Run the following command to get the admin password:

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   kubectl -n devtroncd get secret devtron-secret \
   -o jsonpath='{.data.ADMIN_PASSWORD}' | base64 -d

1. After a successful login, the Devtron Dashboard will open, and you can explore all the enterprise features supported by Devtron Freemium.

   

Additional Actions

Check License Details

In Devtron, click the Help menu (top-right corner) → About Devtron to know the following:

• License details (Key and Expiry)

• Installation fingerprint

• Enterprise version

Update License

If you have a new license key, you can update the license key directly within Devtron, from the About Devtron page.

Upgrade License

If you want to add more than one cluster, email us at [email protected] or reach out to your Devtron representative to upgrade your license.

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