Overview #
A production-grade monitoring solution for Kubernetes clusters using Prometheus (metrics), Grafana (visualization), and Alertmanager—deployed via Helm with custom dashboards.
Diagram: Prometheus scrapes metrics from K8s pods/node exporters; Grafana visualizes data.
Key Features #
- 📊 Custom Dashboards: Track CPU/memory/network metrics per namespace/deployment
- 🔔 Alerts: Slack/email notifications for pod crashes or node pressure
- ☸ Helm Automation: One-command deploy/upgrade (
helm install -f values-prod.yaml) - 🔒 Security: Prometheus scrape targets secured with RBAC
Technical Stack #
Core Tools:
- Prometheus Operator (v0.60+)
- Grafana (v9.5+)
- Alertmanager (v0.25+)
- Helm (v3.12+)
Infrastructure:
- EKS (AWS) + kube-prometheus-stack Helm chart
- Terraform for EKS provisioning (separate repo)
