Kubernetes

Overview

Get metrics and logs from kubernetes service in real time to:

• Visualize and monitor kubernetes states
• Be notified about kubernetes failovers and events.

Setup

For Kubernetes, it’s recommended to run the Agent as a container in your cluster.

See the dedicated Kubernetes documentation to deploy the Agent in your Kubernetes cluster.

Note: You can also run the Datadog Agent on your host and configure it to gather your Kubernetes metrics.

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

How to debug Kubernetes Pending pods and scheduling failuresBLOG Monitoring in the Kubernetes eraBLOG