Quick Start

Create your free account at app.cardinalhq.io.

After signing in, download your trial license from the Cardinal dashboard.

Use the Installation Wizard to generate a values.yaml tailored to your environment, then install:

helm install lakerunner oci://public.ecr.aws/cardinalhq.io/lakerunner \
  --values values.yaml \
  --namespace lakerunner

Wait for all pods to become ready:

kubectl get pods -n lakerunner -w

If Grafana was included in your installation, port-forward it to your local machine:

kubectl port-forward -n lakerunner svc/grafana 3000:3000

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser. Lakerunner's data source is pre-configured, but you won't see any data yet — that comes in the next step.

Install OpenTelemetry Collectors to monitor your cluster and write telemetry to S3.

Generate data from your real applications, or use the OTel Demo Application to produce realistic logs, metrics, and traces right away.