wavefront-kubernetes-collector

This collector enables monitoring Kubernetes clusters and sending metrics to Wavefront.

The collector scrapes the Kubelet summary API for Kubernetes metrics (similar to heapster). It additionally supports scraping Prometheus metrics format endpoints.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.9+

Configuration

The collector is plugin-driven and supports collecting metrics from multiple sources and writing metrics to Wavefront using a Wavefront proxy or via direct ingestion.

See configuration doc for detailed configuration information.

Sources

Following sources are currently supported and can be configured using the --source flag:

1. Kubernetes source to collect performance metrics from the kubelet /stats/summary metrics API:

--source=kubernetes.summary_api:''

2. Prometheus source to scrape metrics from Prometheus metrics format endpoints such as kube state metrics:

--source=prometheus:''?url=http://kube-state-metrics.kube-system.svc.cluster.local:8080/metrics

Multiple prometheus sources can be added to scrape additional endpoints.

Auto Discovery

The collector can auto discover pods and services that export Prometheus format metrics. See the discovery documentation for details.

Sending metrics to Wavefront

Using Wavefront Proxy

--sink=wavefront:?proxyAddress=wavefront-proxy.default.svc.cluster.local:2878&clusterName=k8s-cluster&includeLabels=true

Using Direct Ingestion

--sink=wavefront:?server=https://<YOUR_INSTANCE>.wavefront.com&token=<YOUR_TOKEN>&clusterName=k8s-cluster&includeLabels=true

Installation

1. Clone this repo.
2. Edit the wavefront sink in deploy/kubernetes/4-collector-deployment.yaml.
3. Edit or remove the prometheus sink in the above file.
4. Run kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes

To verify the installation, find the pod name of the deployed wavefront-collector and run:

kubectl logs -f COLLECTOR_POD_NAME -n wavefront-collector

OpenShift

This collector supports monitoring of Openshift Origin 3.9 clusters. See openshift.md for detailed installation instructions.