Chapter 9

Monitoring Applications in Kubernetes

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Explain the importance of monitoring
  • List the tools for monitoring resources on Kubernetes
  • Explore ways to create alert rules on Prometheus and dashboards on Grafana
  • Use Alertmanager to receive alert notifications on Slack

This chapter introduces various techniques to monitor infrastructures and applications by using the most commonly used tools in Kubernetes

Monitoring

In the previous chapter, Troubleshooting Applications in Kubernetes, we explored ways to troubleshoot our applications quickly in the event of a problem. Now we're moving one step further in detecting any potential problems before they occur with the help ...

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