Monitoring an EKS Cluster

Configure Storage Class

kubectl create -f prometheus-storageclass.yaml

Deploy Prometheus

helm install -f prometheus-values.yaml stable/prometheus --name prometheus --namespace prometheus

Check if Prometheus components deployed as expected

kubectl get all -n prometheus

You should see all the Prometheus pods, services, daemonsets, deployments, and replicasets are all ready and available.

You can access Prometheus server URL by going to any one of your Worker node IP address and specify port :30900/targets (for ex, 52.12.161.128:30900/targets. Remember to open port 30900 in your Worker nodes Security Group. In the web UI, you can see all the targets and metrics being monitored by Prometheus

Deploy Grafana

helm install -f grafana-values.yaml stable/grafana --name grafana --namespace grafana

Check if Grafana components are deployed as expected

kubectl get all -n grafana

You should see the Grafana po, service, deployment, and replicaset all ready and available.

You can get Grafana ELB URL using this command. Copy & Paste the value into browser to access Grafana web UI:

export ELB=$(kubectl get svc -n grafana grafana -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname}')

echo "http://$ELB"