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Set up and Configure Grafana for Ocean

Cloud service provider relevance: AWS Kubernetes, AKS, GKE

Before you begin, make sure you have all the following prerequisites:

  • Prometheus server and Grafana server: employed in the cluster.
  • Ocean controller: Manages scaling the Kubernetes data plane.
  • Ocean network client: Handles network cost analysis in an Ocean-managed cluster.
  • Ocean metrics exporter: Exposes Ocean-specific metrics to Prometheus.
  • kube-state-metrics service: (installed with Prometheus) A listening service that generates metrics about the state of Kubernetes objects by leveraging the Kubernetes API.

Configure Prometheus​

  1. Configure Prometheus to scrape Ocean metrics by adding the Ocean Metric Exporter as a scrape target.
  2. Define necessary jobs and targets in your Prometheus configuration file to ensure metrics are accurately collected.
  3. Add Prometheus as a data source in Grafana (under New Connection) and connect with your cluster.

Import the Ocean Scaling and Cost Optimization Dashboard to Grafana​

  1. Copy the Ocean Grafana ID 21768 to the clipboard.

  2. In your Grafana dashboard screen, click New > Import.

    grafana-import-dashboard

  3. Paste in the ID and click Load.

    grafana-import-part2-dashboard

  4. Select the Prometheus datasource.

  5. Click Import.

The following set of Ocean dashboards is available in Grafana:

  • Current Status (displayed by default).
  • Cost and Usage.
  • Network Metrics.
  • Scaling Overview.
  • Right Sizing.