Getting started with infrastructure monitoring: Kubernetes
SolarWinds Observability can monitor the following types of infrastructures: self-managed hosts, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes clusters. See Infrastructure monitoring. The guide for getting started with Kubernetes monitoring refers to monitoring a Kubernetes cluster and its nodes, and picks up right after you have accepted an invitation to join your organization in SolarWinds Observability and created your user account. See SolarWinds Observability Getting Started Guide.
Verify system compatibility. Review the SolarWinds Observability System Requirements to ensure your environment is compatible for Kubernetes infrastructure monitoring. See Kubernetes requirements for Kubernetes clusters and verify your firewall settings allow communication with the SolarWinds Observability Agent endpoint for the SWO K8s Collector. See Data centers and endpoint URIs. |
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Add your Kubernetes entities to SolarWinds Observability.
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Observe monitored host entity. Information collected for your Kubernetes cluster and node entities are available in widgets in the Entity Explorer, area overviews, and custom dashboards.
See Observe entities. |
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Analyze individual metrics. Click Analyze in the left-hand navigation and click Metrics to see a list of metrics for all entities in the Metrics Explorer. Use the search field to find metrics for your Kubernetes entities. Click a metric to see a history of measurements collected for your Kubernetes entities. |
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Check out triggered alerts.
See Alerts. |