[TON-742] Support managed DatadogAgent creation and removal by fanny-jiang · Pull Request #3268 · DataDog/datadog-operator

fanny-jiang · 2026-07-16T17:41:20Z

What does this PR do?

Adds opt-in support for managed DatadogAgent creation and removal. The Operator reads lifecycle requests from a ConfigMap, creates or removes the DatadogAgent and Windows AgentProfile resources, and reports progress and completion through Remote Config.

The new flow coordinates with existing Fleet configuration updates so the two operations do not overwrite each other's state.

Motivation

After the EKS instrumenter installs the Operator EKS add-on, it needs a reliable way to create the DatadogAgent and confirm that removal has completed before removing the add-on.

Additional Notes

The feature is disabled by default. EKS is the first supported provider, while the managed-DatadogAgent flow remains provider-neutral and extensible. Existing DatadogAgent and DatadogAgentInternal reconciliation behavior is unchanged.

Minimum Agent Versions

Agent: N/A
Cluster Agent: N/A

Describe your test plan

CGO_ENABLED=0 go test ./cmd ./pkg/config ./pkg/fleet ./pkg/remoteconfig
CGO_ENABLED=0 make lint

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PR has at least one valid label: bug, enhancement, refactoring, documentation, tooling, and/or dependencies
PR has a milestone or the qa/skip-qa label
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datadog-datadog-prod-us1 · 2026-07-16T17:46:25Z

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fanny-jiang · 2026-07-20T17:42:23Z

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Really solid, thoroughly tested PR. Approving. Left a few comments - a couple are MED questions worth a look (the credential-guard casing bypass, the promote-reported-as-failed coupling, and the partial-stuck edge), the rest are minor.

…3341) Harden lifecycle readiness prerequisites Add EKS add-on lifecycle handling Generalize lifecycle ownership metadata Rename managed Agent installation support Fix managed installation lint failures Generalize managed Agent installation flow Harden managed Agent installation handoff Simplify managed Agent installation coordination Limit managed installation integration scope Preserve installation acknowledgement during uninstall Separate managed installation from Remote Config fix managed installation task arbitration harden managed Agent installation handling Improve managed installation test coverage Preserve updates when managed install is disabled Simplify managed installation flow Fix managed Windows profile validation Align managed installation namespace Harden managed installation recovery Use operator namespace for managed installs Modernize owner reference pointers Fix managed installation task recovery Harden managed installation recovery Fix managed installation cleanup retrigger ci (cherry picked from commit bf9fb87) Co-authored-by: Fanny Jiang <fanny.jiang@datadoghq.com> Co-authored-by: swang392 <sarah.wang@datadoghq.com>

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fanny-jiang changed the base branch from fanny/TON-723/operator-lifecycle-prerequisites to main July 16, 2026 20:11

fanny-jiang changed the title ~~Add EKS add-on Agent lifecycle handling~~ Add managed Agent lifecycle handling for EKS add-ons Jul 16, 2026

fanny-jiang changed the title ~~Add managed Agent lifecycle handling for EKS add-ons~~ Add managed Agent installation handling for EKS add-ons Jul 16, 2026

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fanny-jiang changed the title ~~Add managed Agent installation handling for EKS add-ons~~ Add managed Agent installation intent handling Jul 17, 2026

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fanny-jiang changed the title ~~Add managed Agent installation intent handling~~ Support managed Agent installation and removal Jul 20, 2026

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fanny-jiang added 6 commits August 5, 2026 14:46

Harden lifecycle readiness prerequisites

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Add EKS add-on lifecycle handling

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Generalize lifecycle ownership metadata

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Rename managed Agent installation support

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Fix managed installation lint failures

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Generalize managed Agent installation flow

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Fix managed Windows profile validation

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Align managed installation namespace

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Harden managed installation recovery

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Use operator namespace for managed installs

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Modernize owner reference pointers

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fanny-jiang force-pushed the fanny/TON-723/operator-addon-lifecycle branch from fafb31f to 4a06cf4 Compare August 5, 2026 20:51

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fanny-jiang changed the title ~~[TON-742] Support managed Agent installation and removal~~ [TON-742] Support managed DatadogAgent creation and removal Aug 5, 2026

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[TON-743] Add managed DatadogAgent settings to the EKS add-on chart #3269

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