## Getting started

To use **Infrastructure Explorer**, begin by setting up the [Kubernetes Complete Observability Integration](https://coralogix.com/docs/opentelemetry/kubernetes-observability/kubernetes-complete-observability-basic-configuration/index.md). This integration collects logs, metrics, metadata, and traces across your Kubernetes environment.

To get started:

### Set up the integration in Coralogix

1. Access **Data Flow** > **Integrations**.
1. From the Integrations section, select **Kubernetes Complete Observability**.
1. On the **Kubernetes Complete Observability** integration page, click **+ Setup Collector** to create a new integration. For existing integrations, click the arrow icon on the right to upgrade to the new version.
1. Provide a name to identify this integration (especially useful if you have multiple clusters).
1. Enter a [Send-Your-Data API key](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/account-management/api-keys/send-your-data-api-key/) or click **Create a New Key** to generate a new dedicated API key.
1. Enter your Kubernetes cluster name in the **Cluster Name** field.
1. Enter your Kubernetes namespace in the **Namespace** field. If left empty, the namespace from your current kubectl context will be used.
1. Select the operating system and environment that your Kubernetes workloads are deployed on.
1. Click **Next**.

For a full walkthrough, see the [Kubernetes Complete Observability configuration guide](https://coralogix.com/docs/opentelemetry/kubernetes-observability/kubernetes-complete-observability-basic-configuration/index.md).

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## Enable observability features

Once you're under the **Observability Features** section of the setup wizard, enable the following toggles to activate the necessary features for Infrastructure Explorer:

- **Host metrics**: Collects host-level CPU, memory, disk, and network usage
- **Process Metrics**: Enables host process collection using the `process` preset
- **Kubelet metrics**: Collects node, pod, container, and volume metrics via the `kubeletstats` receiver
- **Cluster metrics**: Pulls cluster-wide metrics from the Kubernetes API server
- **Kubernetes extra metrics**: Captures additional Kubernetes component metrics
- **Scrape all**: Enables extended metric coverage
- **Collector metrics**: Monitors internal performance metrics from the OpenTelemetry Collector

### Key toggle: Resource Catalog / Infra Explorer

Under **Additional Features**, enable this toggle to activate Infrastructure Explorer's core functionality, including:

- Live infrastructure metadata
- Resource relationships (e.g., pod-to-node)
- Ownership and tag-based filtering
- Searchable inventory of Kubernetes and cloud entities

Note

Once enabled, navigate to **Infrastructure**, then **Infrastructure Explorer** in Coralogix to begin using it.

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For full installation and Helm deployment steps, refer to the [Kubernetes Complete Observability](https://coralogix.com/docs/opentelemetry/kubernetes-observability/kubernetes-complete-observability-basic-configuration/).

For advanced enrichment and filtering options, see [Kubernetes Enrichment Options](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/kubernetes-enrichment-options/index.md).

## Next steps

Enrich host metadata and send application telemetry to the Coralogix agent by configuring [Kubernetes enrichment options](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/kubernetes-enrichment-options/index.md).

## Related resources

- [Kubernetes enrichment options](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/kubernetes-enrichment-options/index.md)
- [Configure applications to send telemetry](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/configure-application-telemetry/index.md)
- [Set up with Minikube](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/setup-with-minikub/index.md)
- [Deploy OpenTelemetry demo app](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/infrastructure-explorer/deploy-otel-demo/index.md)