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Kubernetes Kubelet Metrics

Collector node, pod, container, and volume metrics from Kubernetes nodes

Supported Platforms

PlatformMetricsLogsTraces
Kubernetes DaemonSet
OpenShift 4 DaemonSet

Configuration Table

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
cluster_name*stringThe cluster name that will be added as the k8s.cluster.name resource attribute.
metric_groupsenumsallMetric groups to the collector. Supported options include node, pod, container, and volume.
collection_intervalint60sSets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.
*required field

Example Configuration

The Kubernetes Kubelet metrics source has one required parameter:

  • Cluster Name: The name of the cluster, which will be inserted as the k8s.cluster.name resource attribute
observIQ docs - Kubernetes Kubelet Metrics - image 1

Once running on an agent, metrics will look like this:

observIQ docs - Kubernetes Kubelet Metrics - image 2