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Aos auxiliary applications

Kubernetes auxiliary applications documentation

  1. Prometheus:

    • Description: Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting system designed for collecting and analyzing time-series data, commonly used for monitoring Kubernetes clusters and applications.
    • Key Features:
      • Scrapes metrics from various targets, including Kubernetes services, nodes, and applications.
      • Provides a flexible query language (PromQL) for data retrieval and analysis.
      • Supports alerting based on configurable rules and thresholds.
      • Integrates with Grafana and other visualization tools for data visualization.

  2. Grafana:

    • Description: Grafana is an open-source data visualization and monitoring tool that allows you to create interactive dashboards and graphs to visualize metrics and data from various sources, including Prometheus.
    • Key Features:
      • Offers a wide range of visualization options, including charts, graphs, and tables.
      • Supports flexible querying and filtering of data.
      • Enables the creation of dynamic and customizable dashboards.
      • Provides alerting and notification capabilities for monitoring purposes.

  3. Alertmanager:

    • Description: Alertmanager is a component of the Prometheus ecosystem that handles and manages alerts generated by Prometheus and other monitoring systems.
    • Key Features:
      • Aggregates and deduplicates alerts from various sources.
      • Provides flexible routing and grouping of alerts based on user-defined rules.
      • Offers notification integration with various channels, such as email, Slack, and PagerDuty.
      • Supports silencing of specific alerts during maintenance periods.

  4. Velero:

    • Description: Velero is an open-source backup and restore tool for Kubernetes clusters, designed to simplify and automate the process of backing up and migrating applications and persistent data.
    • Key Features:
      • Performs scheduled backups of Kubernetes objects and volumes.
      • Supports both full and incremental backups for efficient storage utilization.
      • Facilitates disaster recovery and migration of applications across clusters.
      • Provides a command-line interface (CLI) and a web-based dashboard for management.