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title: Instrument and configure pods
description: To instrument and configure your application pods, complete the following steps: Add the helm repository to Helm, Configure the webhook with a Helm values...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-get-started-webhook
products:
  - APM
  - APM Attacher for Kubernetes
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Instrument and configure pods
To instrument and configure your application pods, complete the following steps:
1. [Add the helm repository to Helm](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-webhook-add-helm-repo)
2. [Configure the webhook with a Helm values file](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-webhook-configure-helm)
3. [Install the webhook with Helm](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-webhook-install-helm)
4. [Add a pod template annotation to each pod you want to auto-instrument](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-webhook-add-pod-annotation)
5. [Watch data flow into the Elastic Stack](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/apm/k8s-attacher/apm-webhook-watch-data)