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Alibaba Cloud Container Service

Integration version1.0.0

To find out if this integration is available in your organization, see your Datadog Integrations page or ask your organization administrator.

To initiate an exception request to enable this integration for your organization, email support@ddog-gov.com.

Overview

Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes (ACK) is a managed Kubernetes service that simplifies deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications.

Use this integration to monitor CPU, memory, network, and filesystem metrics across your ACK clusters at the cluster, node, pod, and deployment level.

Note: Due to Alibaba Cloud’s deprecation of Cloud Monitor support for Container Service metrics, you cannot collect metrics for clusters created after September 30, 2025. For more information, see the Alibaba Cloud deprecation notice.

Setup

Installation

After you set up the Alibaba Cloud integration, ensure that the Container Service is included in your Alibaba Cloud monitoring configuration.

Additional RAM permission for Kubernetes metrics

To collect ACK Kubernetes metrics using Managed Service for Prometheus, your Datadog RAM user requires one additional permission beyond the standard ReadOnlyAccess policy. In your Alibaba Cloud console, create a custom inline policy for the Datadog RAM user that includes:

{
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": "cs:InstallClusterAddons",
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ],
  "Version": "1"
}

Managed Service for Prometheus requires this permission to collect Kubernetes (ACK) metrics. All other Alibaba Cloud metrics are unaffected.

Data Collected

Metrics

alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.cpu.limit
(gauge)		Cluster CPU limit.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.cpu.request
(gauge)		Cluster CPU request.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.cpu.usage_rate
(gauge)		Cluster CPU usage rate.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.cpu.utilization
(gauge)		Cluster CPU utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.memory.limit
(gauge)		Cluster memory limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.memory.request
(gauge)		Cluster memory request.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.memory.utilization
(gauge)		Cluster memory utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.allocatable
(gauge)		Node CPU allocatable.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.capacity
(gauge)		Node CPU capacity.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.limit
(gauge)		Node CPU limit.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.oversale_rate
(rate)		Node CPU oversale rate.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.request
(gauge)		Node CPU request.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.usage_rate
(rate)		Node CPU usage rate.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.node.cpu.utilization
(gauge)		Node CPU utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.node.filesystem.available
(gauge)		Node filesystem available.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.filesystem.inodes
(gauge)		Node filesystem inodes.
Shown as inode
alibabacloud.container_service.node.filesystem.limit
(gauge)		Node filesystem limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.filesystem.usage
(gauge)		Node filesystem usage.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.allocatable
(gauge)		Node memory allocatable.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.cache
(gauge)		Node memory cache.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.limit
(gauge)		Node memory limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.oversale_rate
(gauge)		Node memory oversale rate.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.request
(gauge)		Node memory request.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.usage
(gauge)		Node memory usage.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.utilization
(gauge)		Node memory utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.node.memory.working_set
(gauge)		Node memory working set.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.network.rx_errors
(gauge)		Node network rx errors.
Shown as error
alibabacloud.container_service.node.network.rx_errors_rate
(rate)		Node network rx errors rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.network.rx_rate
(rate)		Node network rx rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.network.tx_errors_rate
(rate)		Node network tx errors rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.node.network.tx_rate
(rate)		Node network tx rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.ns.cpu.limit
(gauge)		Namespace CPU limit.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.cpu.limit
(gauge)		Pod CPU limit.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.cpu.oversale_rate
(gauge)		Pod CPU oversale rate.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.cpu.request
(gauge)		Pod CPU request.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.cpu.usage_rate
(rate)		Pod CPU usage rate.
Shown as core
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.cpu.utilization
(gauge)		Pod CPU utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.cache
(gauge)		Pod memory cache.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.limit
(gauge)		Pod memory limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.oversale_rate
(gauge)		Pod memory oversale rate.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.request
(gauge)		Pod memory request.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.rss
(gauge)		Pod memory RSS.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.utilization
(gauge)		Pod memory utilization.
Shown as percent
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.memory.working_set
(gauge)		Pod memory working set.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.network.rx_errors_rate
(rate)		Pod network rx errors rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.network.rx_rate
(rate)		Pod network rx rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.network.tx_errors_rate
(rate)		Pod network tx errors rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.network.tx_rate
(rate)		Pod network tx rate.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.deployment.filesystem.available
(gauge)		Deployment filesystem available.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.deployment.filesystem.limit
(gauge)		Deployment filesystem limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.filesystem.available
(gauge)		Pod filesystem available.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.pod.filesystem.limit
(gauge)		Pod filesystem limit.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.filesystem.available
(gauge)		Cluster filesystem available.
Shown as byte
alibabacloud.container_service.cluster.filesystem.limit
(gauge)		Cluster filesystem limit.
Shown as byte

Events

Alibaba Cloud Container Service does not include any events.

Service Checks

Alibaba Cloud Container Service does not include any service checks.

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.