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Installing Grafana Kubernetes Monitoring

You need an account on grafana.com.

Grafana is installed with the official helm package.

This document shows how to use Muppy to install Grafana exactly as described in the official documentation, Configure Kubernetes Monitoring with Grafana Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart.

Create the Grafana k8s Monitoring Package

Create a K8s / K8s Package with:

  • Application: Grafana k8s Monitoring
  • Type: Helm Chart
  • Package Source: Helm repository
  • Helm repo. name: grafana
  • Helm repo. URL: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
  • Helm package name: k8s-monitoring

Click [Refresh Package from source] and check that the Package has been synchronised — the Values and the information must have been updated.

Install Grafana

  • Log into your Grafana instance and go to Home / Infrastructure / Kubernetes / Configuration
  • On the Cluster configuration tab, fill in:
  • Cluster name: the name of your k8s cluster, as you want it to appear in Grafana
  • Namespace: grafana
  • Access Policy Token name: use your cluster's name, then click Create a new token
  • In group 4. Deploy Monitoring Resources on the Cluster, copy everything between <<EOF and the closing EOF.

In Muppy, create a Package Release and fill in:

  • Cluster:
  • Package: k8s-monitoring v1.x.x - x.x.x (take the latest version)
  • Helm Instance: grafana-k8s-monitoring
  • Qualifier: Infrastructure
  • Namespace: grafana (you have to create it)

Update values: - Paste your clipboard's content (the lines between the two EOF above)

Click [Save]

Click [helm install]

Go to your Grafana account: the dashboards should start coming to life.