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Kubernetes (Prometheus)

Kubernetes (Prometheus)

Monitoring Kubernetes is crucial to gain instant visibility into Kubernetes clusters and workloads.
Prometheus' ability to monitor a wide variety of data necessitates monitoring the toolkit itself. New Relic helps store, manage, and view telemetry data from your Prometheus setup, relieving you of a significant operational burden.
Download the New Relic Kubernetes (Prometheus) quickstart to proactively monitor Kubernetes cluster health and capacity.

What's included?

dashboards
2
Kubernetes (Prometheus) quickstart contains 2 dashboards. These interactive visualizations let you easily explore your data, understand context, and resolve problems faster.
alerts
0
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What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and, management of containerized applications. The New Relic Kubernetes (Prometheus) monitoring quickstart utilizes Prometheus to give you visibility into your Kubernetes clusters and workloads in minutes, whether your clusters are hosted on-premises or in the cloud. Follow the instructions here to install the New Relic Kubernetes integration.

What is Prometheus?

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit.

Kubernetes (Prometheus) quickstart highlights

The New Relic Prometheus quickstart for Kubernetes utilizes the New Relic Prometheus agent to build dashboards that allow you to proactively monitor your metrics, like:

  • memory and cpu utilization
  • running pods and containers
  • kubelet pod start metrics
  • compute resources by pod, node, cluster, and namespace and more.

Requirements

  • Follow the instructions here to install the New Relic Prometheus agent.
  • **The default installation of the New Relic Prometheus configurator does not enable all of the metrics needed to work with this quickstart's dashboards. Follow the instructions here to enable those metrics.

How to use this quickstart

  • Sign Up for a free New Relic account or Log In to your existing account.
  • Click the install button.
  • Install the quickstart to get started or improve how you monitor your environment. They're filled with pre-built resources like dashboards, instrumentation, and alerts.
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