Create a Cluster

Explore how to create a Kubernetes cluster suited for advanced monitoring and alerting. This lesson guides you through setting up NGINX Ingress, configuring environment variables like LB_IP, and preparing your cluster for metrics collection and querying using various Kubernetes flavors. By the end, you'll have a functional cluster configured for dynamic monitoring tasks.

We'll cover the following...

- Pulling the code
  - Additional necessary things
- Gists and specifications

Pulling the code

We’ll continue using definitions from the vfarcic/k8s-specs repository. To be on the safe side, we’ll pull the latest version first.

🔍 All the commands from this chapter are available in the 03-monitor.sh Gist.

cd k8s-specs

git pull

Additional necessary things

In this chapter, we’ll need a few things that were not requirements before, even ...

1.Before Getting Started

2.Autoscaling Deployments and StatefulSets

3.Auto-Scaling Nodes Of A Kubernetes Cluster

4.Collecting and Querying Metrics and Sending Alerts

5.Debugging Issues Discovered Through Metrics and Alerts

6.Extending HorizontalPodAutoscaler With Custom Metrics

7.Visualizing Metrics And Alerts

8.Collecting And Querying Logs

9.Conclusion

Create a Cluster

Pulling the code

Additional necessary things