Configure Kubernetes Monitoring with Helm chart

The deployment process using the Kubernetes Monitoring GUI works in conjunction with the most recent version of Grafana Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart. To learn how the Helm chart configuration works, refer to Helm chart overview.

This method of deployment and using Instrumentation Hub are the two recommended methods. Use the Instrumentation Hub setup method when:

Your platform is Linux/Kubernetes
You want to get started quickly and then later refine your settings with Helm chart

Available platforms

You can install Kubernetes Monitoring on these platforms:

Platform	Notes
Kubernetes	Includes Kubernetes, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and Tanzu
Amazon EKS on AWS Fargate	With this platform, Node Exporter metrics are disabled. Instead, `kubelet` Resources are used to gather CPU and memory usage. Pod Logs are gathered via the Kubernetes API.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)	N/A
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot	With this platform, Node Exporter metrics are disabled. Instead, `kubelet` Resources are used to gather CPU and memory usage. Pod Logs are gathered via the Kubernetes API.
IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service	N/A
Red Hat OpenShift	N/A

Activate and send data from your account

To configure and use Kubernetes Monitoring, you must activate the product. Activation ensures you have access, and begins your billing for usage. Next, you must send data to your account. To do so, complete the following steps:

Go to your Grafana Cloud account, and click My Account.
Select the stack where you want to install Kubernetes Monitoring.
Click Details next to the name of your stack.
At your stack page, click Launch to open Kubernetes Monitoring.
Click Activate to activate Kubernetes Monitoring.
At the Activate Kubernetes Monitoring dialog box, select the box and click Activate.
Click Start sending data.

Kubernetes Monitoring displays the Cluster configuration tab of the Configuration page.