Kubernetes Data Collector
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Cloud Insights uses this data collector to gather Kubernetes Pod, Node, and Container metrics.
Installation
For Kubernetes Installation instructions, please see the Agent Installation page.
Objects and Counters
The following objects and their counters are collected:
Object: | Identifiers: | Attributes: | Datapoints: |
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Kubernetes Container |
Namespace |
Kubernetes Node |
CPU Nanoseconds |
Kubernetes Node |
Kubernetes Node |
Node Name |
CPU Usage Nanocores |
Kubernetes Pod |
Namespace |
Kubernetes Node |
Network TX Bytes (per sec) |
Kubernetes Pod Volume |
Volume |
Kubernetes Node |
Available |
Kubernetes System Container |
System Container |
Node Name |
CPU Usage Nanocores |
Troubleshooting
Problem: | Try this: |
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I ran the Kubernetes agent installer command, but I do not see a Telegraf agent pod running via: |
Check if there were any errors deploying the DaemonSet: |
I configured Telegraf to obtain information about my Kubernetes cluster, but I don’t see any information in Cloud Insights. I see "invalid header field value" errors in the Telegraf log file pertaining to the kubernetes input plugin I configured. |
Ensure the referenced bearer_token file does not have a trailing newline. To verify, run the following command, and confirm that it returns 0: |
Additional information may be found from the Support page.