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Enhancing Kubernetes Monitoring & Automation with Robusta!

Find a comprehensive setup for Kubernetes monitoring, notifications, troubleshooting, and automation using Robusta. This powerful tool integrates seamlessly with Prometheus, enabling real-time monitoring and instant alerts via Slack and Robusta UI.

Key Highlights:

  • Deployed a Kubernetes cluster and Prometheus stack.
  • Integrated Slack for instant alert notifications in the #devops channel.
  • Set up Robusta for advanced monitoring and automated issue resolution.
  • Monitoring has never been easier or more effective. Excited to see how this enhances our DevOps processes! 💻🔧

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Prerequisites:

  1. Workspace must have Docker, Helm, Kubectl installed
  2. Kubernetes Cluster
  3. A Prometheus installation
  4. Set up a Sink
  5. Create a sink account. I have chosen the slack My Slack and created a channel #devops. more on #Slack-Sink
  6. Create a Free Registration at Robust and create an app in it My Account: My Robusta-UI . more on #robusta-ui

Installation:

Let's Create a KIND Kubernetes Cluster

 kind create cluster --name=robusta-demo

Setup of Prometheus stack

helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts && helm repo update

cat<<EOF >robusta-demo-values.yaml
prometheus: # collect rules from all namespaces and ignore label filters
    ruleNamespaceSelector: {}
    ruleSelector: {}
    ruleSelectorNilUsesHelmValues: false
defaultRules: # those rules are now managed by Robusta
    rules:
      alertmanager: false
      etcd: false
      configReloaders: false
      general: false
      kubeApiserverSlos: false
      kubeControllerManager: false
      kubeProxy: false
      kubernetesApps: false
      kubernetesResources: false
      kubernetesStorage: false
      kubernetesSystem: false
      kubeSchedulerAlerting: false
      kubeStateMetrics: false
      network: false
      nodeExporterAlerting: false
      prometheus: false
      prometheusOperator: false
EOF

helm upgrade --install prometheus prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack -f robusta-demo-values.yaml --namespace monitoring --create-namespace

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Setup the Sink

Generate the Slack Channel
Name: devops
Email address: XXX.YYYY@gmail.com
Account: naren4biz

curl -fsSL -o robusta https://docs.robusta.dev/master/_static/robusta
chmod +x robusta
./robusta gen-config --no-enable-prometheus-stack --cluster-name=robusta-demo --slack-channel=devops

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Install robusta forwarder & Runner

helm repo add robusta https://robusta-charts.storage.googleapis.com && helm repo update
helm upgrade --install robusta robusta/robusta -f ./generated_values.yaml --set clusterName=robusta-demo --set isSmallCluster=true --set enabledManagedConfiguration=true

Let's Deploy a crashpod

kubectl apply -f https://gist.githubusercontent.com/robusta-lab/283609047306dc1f05cf59806ade30b6/raw

Check the Channel

My Slack: My Slack image

Check the Robusta UI

My Account: Robusta-UI robusta-monitoring-failedpod