K3s Metrics

Cluster Observability for K3s

Prometheus-native monitoring, pre-built Grafana dashboards, and alerting guides for lightweight Kubernetes deployments at the edge.

kubectl get --raw /metrics | promtool check metrics
15s
Default Scrape Interval
15d
Default Retention
24
Supported Exporters
3
Built-in Scrape Targets
Monitoring Stack

Prometheus Integration

Deploy Prometheus alongside K3s using the community Helm chart. Covers service discovery, scrape configs, and persistent storage on edge nodes.

Guide

Grafana Dashboards

Pre-built dashboards for K3s cluster health, node resource usage, and workload performance. Import directly from the community dashboard repository.

Tutorial

Alertmanager Rules

Curated alerting rules for common K3s failure scenarios including node pressure, pod crash loops, and storage exhaustion on constrained hardware.

Reference

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