Kubernetes Setup for Prometheus and Grafana

Quick start

To quickly start all the things just do this:

kubectl apply \
  --filename https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giantswarm/kubernetes-prometheus/master/manifests-all.yaml

This will create the namespace monitoring and bring up all components in there.

To shut down all components again you can just delete that namespace:

kubectl delete namespace monitoring

Default Dashboards

If you want to re-import the default dashboards from this setup run this job:

kubectl apply --filename ./manifests/grafana/grafana-import-dashboards-job.yaml

In case the job already exists from an earlier run, delete it before:

kubectl --namespace monitoring delete job grafana-import-dashboards

More Dashboards

See grafana.net for some example dashboards and plugins.

• Configure Prometheus data source for Grafana.
  Grafana UI / Data Sources / Add data source

  • Name: prometheus
  • Type: Prometheus
  • Url: http://prometheus:9090
  • Add

• Import Prometheus Stats:
  Grafana UI / Dashboards / Import

  • Grafana.net Dashboard: https://grafana.net/dashboards/2
  • Load
  • Prometheus: prometheus
  • Save & Open

• Import Kubernetes cluster monitoring:
  Grafana UI / Dashboards / Import

  • Grafana.net Dashboard: https://grafana.net/dashboards/162
  • Load
  • Prometheus: prometheus
  • Save & Open