Author - Jeya Gandhi Rajan
This article explains how to create an application or application Perspective in Instana.
Pre-Requisite:
- The Kubernetes-based application is deployed in an OpenShift container platform or on Kubernetes cluster.
- Instana is installed and already observing the Kubernetes cluster.
Objective:
The objective is to create an Application Perspective for the Kubernetes-based microservices application.
Here the iLender application is deployed in an ilend-ns namespace.
Let’s create an application perspective called iLend.
Steps
1. Click on “Application” in the left navigation menu.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00001-300x101.png)
2. Click on the “Add” button at the bottom of the screen.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00002-300x154.png)
3. Click on the “New Application Perspective” button.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00003-300x26.png)
4. Choose Kubernetes or Container menu.
5. Click on the “Next” button.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00004-300x133.png)
6. Select the “Kubernetes” option at the top.
7. Select the “Kubernetes Namespace” option in the list box.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00005-300x131.png)
8. Select the namespace where your app is deployed. Here, ilend-ns is the namespace. If your namespace is not listed here, try putting some load on the app.
9. Select the “All Downstream” option.
10. Click on the “Next” button.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00006-300x132.png)
11. Enter Application Perspective Name.
12. Select the “All Calls” Option.
13. Click on the “Create” button.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00007.png)
14. Here is the application perspective screen for the app you have created.
![](https://www.instana.com/media/4-application-00008-300x150.png)
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