Reviewing monitoring dashboards

    In the Administrator perspective you can access dashboards for core OKD components, including:

    • API performance

    • etcd

    • Kubernetes compute resources

    • Kubernetes network resources

    • Prometheus

    • USE method dashboards relating to cluster and node performance

    Figure 1. Example dashboard in the Administrator perspective

    In the Developer perspective you can access dashboards that provide the following statistics for a selected project:

    • CPU usage

    • Memory usage

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    Figure 2. Example dashboard in the Developer perspective

    In the Administrator perspective, you can view dashboards relating to core OKD cluster components.

    Prerequisites

    • You have access to the cluster as a user with the role.

    Procedure

    1. In the Administrator perspective in the OKD web console, navigate to Monitoring → Dashboards.

    2. Choose a dashboard in the Dashboard list. Some dashboards, such as etcd and Prometheus dashboards, produce additional sub-menus when selected.

    3. Optional: Select a time range for the graphs in the Time Range list.

      • Select a pre-defined time period.

      • Set a custom time range by selecting Custom time range in the Time Range list.

        1. Input or select the From and To dates and times.

        2. Click Save to save the custom time range.

    2. Hover over each of the graphs within a dashboard to display detailed information about specific items.

    In the Developer perspective, you can view dashboards relating to a selected project. You must have access to monitor a project to view dashboard information for it.

    Prerequisites

    Procedure

    1. In the Developer perspective in the OKD web console, navigate to Monitoring → Dashboard.

    2. Choose a project in the Project: list.

    3. Choose a workload in the All Workloads list.

    4. Optional: Select a time range for the graphs in the Time Range list.

      • Select a pre-defined time period.

      • Set a custom time range by selecting Custom time range in the Time Range list.

        1. Input or select the From and To dates and times.

        2. Click Save to save the custom time range.

    1. Optional: Select a Refresh Interval.

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