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Metrics Server

Metrics Server collects CPU and memory metrics from the kubelets and exposes them through the Kubernetes Metrics API. Edka installs the kubernetes-sigs Metrics Server Helm chart into kube-system with RBAC created. It is a required add-on.

  1. CPU and memory metrics for all pods and nodes
  2. Backs the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)
  3. Backs the Vertical Pod Autoscaler (VPA)
  4. Serves kubectl top for pods and nodes

Features available

  • Resource Metrics API exposed through the Kubernetes API server
  • Metrics scraped from kubelets across every node
  • RBAC created on install
  • Runs in kube-system

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Monitoring

Enable resource metrics and autoscaling in Kubernetes with Metrics Server, providing CPU and memory metrics for pods and nodes.