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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +page_title: "Alerting with Kube-State-Metrics in STACKIT Observability" |
| 3 | +--- |
| 4 | +# Alerting with Kube-State-Metrics in STACKIT Observability |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Overview |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +This guide explains how to configure the STACKIT Observability product to send alerts using metrics gathered from kube-state-metrics. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +1. **Set Up Providers** |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | + Begin by configuring the STACKIT and Kubernetes providers to connect to the STACKIT services. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | + ```hcl |
| 15 | + provider "stackit" { |
| 16 | + region = "eu01" |
| 17 | + } |
| 18 | +
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| 19 | + provider "kubernetes" { |
| 20 | + host = yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).clusters.0.cluster.server |
| 21 | + client_certificate = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).users.0.user.client-certificate-data) |
| 22 | + client_key = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).users.0.user.client-key-data) |
| 23 | + cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).clusters.0.cluster.certificate-authority-data) |
| 24 | + } |
| 25 | +
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| 26 | + provider "helm" { |
| 27 | + kubernetes { |
| 28 | + host = yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).clusters.0.cluster.server |
| 29 | + client_certificate = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).users.0.user.client-certificate-data) |
| 30 | + client_key = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).users.0.user.client-key-data) |
| 31 | + cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(yamldecode(stackit_ske_kubeconfig.example.kube_config).clusters.0.cluster.certificate-authority-data) |
| 32 | + } |
| 33 | + } |
| 34 | + ``` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +2. **Create SKE Cluster and Kubeconfig Resource** |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + Set up a STACKIT SKE Cluster and generate the associated kubeconfig resource. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + ```hcl |
| 41 | + resource "stackit_ske_cluster" "example" { |
| 42 | + project_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" |
| 43 | + name = "example" |
| 44 | + kubernetes_version = "1.31" |
| 45 | + node_pools = [ |
| 46 | + { |
| 47 | + name = "standard" |
| 48 | + machine_type = "c1.4" |
| 49 | + minimum = "3" |
| 50 | + maximum = "9" |
| 51 | + max_surge = "3" |
| 52 | + availability_zones = ["eu01-1", "eu01-2", "eu01-3"] |
| 53 | + os_version_min = "4081.2.1" |
| 54 | + os_name = "flatcar" |
| 55 | + volume_size = 32 |
| 56 | + volume_type = "storage_premium_perf6" |
| 57 | + } |
| 58 | + ] |
| 59 | + maintenance = { |
| 60 | + enable_kubernetes_version_updates = true |
| 61 | + enable_machine_image_version_updates = true |
| 62 | + start = "01:00:00Z" |
| 63 | + end = "02:00:00Z" |
| 64 | + } |
| 65 | + } |
| 66 | +
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| 67 | + resource "stackit_ske_kubeconfig" "example" { |
| 68 | + project_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" |
| 69 | + cluster_name = stackit_ske_cluster.example.name |
| 70 | + refresh = true |
| 71 | + } |
| 72 | + ``` |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +3. **Create Observability Instance and Credentials** |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | + Establish a STACKIT Observability instance and its credentials to handle alerts. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | + ```hcl |
| 79 | + locals { |
| 80 | + alert_config = { |
| 81 | + route = { |
| 82 | + receiver = "EmailStackit", |
| 83 | + repeat_interval = "1m", |
| 84 | + continue = true |
| 85 | + } |
| 86 | + receivers = [ |
| 87 | + { |
| 88 | + name = "EmailStackit", |
| 89 | + email_configs = [ |
| 90 | + { |
| 91 | + to = "<email>" |
| 92 | + } |
| 93 | + ] |
| 94 | + } |
| 95 | + ] |
| 96 | + } |
| 97 | + } |
| 98 | +
|
| 99 | + resource "stackit_observability_instance" "example" { |
| 100 | + project_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" |
| 101 | + name = "example" |
| 102 | + plan_name = "Observability-Large-EU01" |
| 103 | + alert_config = local.alert_config |
| 104 | + } |
| 105 | +
|
| 106 | + resource "stackit_observability_credential" "example" { |
| 107 | + project_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" |
| 108 | + instance_id = stackit_observability_instance.example.instance_id |
| 109 | + } |
| 110 | + ``` |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +4. **Install Prometheus Operator** |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | + Use the Prometheus Helm chart to install kube-state-metrics and transfer metrics to the STACKIT Observability instance. Customize the helm values as needed for your deployment. |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + ```yaml |
| 117 | + # helm values |
| 118 | + # save as prom-values.tftpl |
| 119 | + prometheus: |
| 120 | + enabled: true |
| 121 | + agentMode: true |
| 122 | + prometheusSpec: |
| 123 | + enableRemoteWriteReceiver: true |
| 124 | + scrapeInterval: 60s |
| 125 | + evaluationInterval: 60s |
| 126 | + replicas: 1 |
| 127 | + storageSpec: |
| 128 | + volumeClaimTemplate: |
| 129 | + spec: |
| 130 | + storageClassName: premium-perf4-stackit |
| 131 | + accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce'] |
| 132 | + resources: |
| 133 | + requests: |
| 134 | + storage: 80Gi |
| 135 | + remoteWrite: |
| 136 | + - url: ${metrics_push_url} |
| 137 | + queueConfig: |
| 138 | + batchSendDeadline: '5s' |
| 139 | + # both values need to be configured according to your observability plan |
| 140 | + capacity: 30000 |
| 141 | + maxSamplesPerSend: 3000 |
| 142 | + writeRelabelConfigs: |
| 143 | + - sourceLabels: ['__name__'] |
| 144 | + regex: 'apiserver_.*|etcd_.*|prober_.*|storage_.*|workqueue_(work|queue)_duration_seconds_bucket|kube_pod_tolerations|kubelet_.*|kubernetes_feature_enabled|instance_scrape_target_status' |
| 145 | + action: 'drop' |
| 146 | + - sourceLabels: ['namespace'] |
| 147 | + regex: 'example' |
| 148 | + action: 'keep' |
| 149 | + basicAuth: |
| 150 | + username: |
| 151 | + key: username |
| 152 | + name: ${secret_name} |
| 153 | + password: |
| 154 | + key: password |
| 155 | + name: ${secret_name} |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | + grafana: |
| 158 | + enabled: false |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | + defaultRules: |
| 161 | + create: false |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | + alertmanager: |
| 164 | + enabled: false |
| 165 | + |
| 166 | + nodeExporter: |
| 167 | + enabled: true |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | + kube-state-metrics: |
| 170 | + enabled: true |
| 171 | + customResourceState: |
| 172 | + enabled: true |
| 173 | + collectors: |
| 174 | + - deployments |
| 175 | + - pods |
| 176 | + ``` |
| 177 | +
|
| 178 | + ```hcl |
| 179 | + resource "kubernetes_namespace" "monitoring" { |
| 180 | + metadata { |
| 181 | + name = "monitoring" |
| 182 | + } |
| 183 | + } |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | + resource "kubernetes_secret" "argus_prometheus_authorization" { |
| 186 | + metadata { |
| 187 | + name = "argus-prometheus-credentials" |
| 188 | + namespace = kubernetes_namespace.monitoring.metadata[0].name |
| 189 | + } |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | + data = { |
| 192 | + username = stackit_observability_credential.example.username |
| 193 | + password = stackit_observability_credential.example.password |
| 194 | + } |
| 195 | + } |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | + resource "helm_release" "prometheus_operator" { |
| 198 | + name = "prometheus-operator" |
| 199 | + repository = "https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts" |
| 200 | + chart = "kube-prometheus-stack" |
| 201 | + version = "60.1.0" |
| 202 | + namespace = kubernetes_namespace.monitoring.metadata[0].name |
| 203 | + |
| 204 | + values = [ |
| 205 | + templatefile("prom-values.tftpl", { |
| 206 | + metrics_push_url = stackit_observability_instance.example.metrics_push_url |
| 207 | + secret_name = kubernetes_secret.argus_prometheus_authorization.metadata[0].name |
| 208 | + }) |
| 209 | + ] |
| 210 | + } |
| 211 | + ``` |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | +5. **Create Alert Group** |
| 214 | + |
| 215 | + Define an alert group with a rule to notify when a pod is running in the "example" namespace. |
| 216 | + |
| 217 | + ```hcl |
| 218 | + resource "stackit_observability_alertgroup" "example" { |
| 219 | + project_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" |
| 220 | + instance_id = stackit_observability_instance.example.instance_id |
| 221 | + name = "TestAlertGroup" |
| 222 | + interval = "2h" |
| 223 | + rules = [ |
| 224 | + { |
| 225 | + alert = "SimplePodCheck" |
| 226 | + expression = "sum(kube_pod_status_phase{phase=\"Running\", namespace=\"example\"}) > 0" |
| 227 | + for = "60s" |
| 228 | + labels = { |
| 229 | + severity = "critical" |
| 230 | + }, |
| 231 | + annotations = { |
| 232 | + summary = "Test Alert is working" |
| 233 | + description = "Test Alert" |
| 234 | + } |
| 235 | + }, |
| 236 | + ] |
| 237 | + } |
| 238 | + ``` |
| 239 | + |
| 240 | +6. **Deploy Test Pod** |
| 241 | + |
| 242 | + Deploy a test pod; doing so should trigger an email notification, as the deployment satisfies the conditions defined in the alert group rule. In a real-world scenario, you would typically configure alerts to monitor pods for error states instead. |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | + ```hcl |
| 245 | + resource "kubernetes_namespace" "example" { |
| 246 | + metadata { |
| 247 | + name = "example" |
| 248 | + } |
| 249 | + } |
| 250 | +
|
| 251 | + resource "kubernetes_pod" "example" { |
| 252 | + metadata { |
| 253 | + name = "nginx" |
| 254 | + namespace = kubernetes_namespace.example.metadata[0].name |
| 255 | + labels = { |
| 256 | + app = "nginx" |
| 257 | + } |
| 258 | + } |
| 259 | +
|
| 260 | + spec { |
| 261 | + container { |
| 262 | + image = "nginx:latest" |
| 263 | + name = "nginx" |
| 264 | + } |
| 265 | + } |
| 266 | + } |
| 267 | + ``` |
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