README
Prometheus Operator
Overview
The Prometheus Operator provides Kubernetes native deployment and management of Prometheus and related monitoring components. The purpose of this project is to simplify and automate the configuration of a Prometheus based monitoring stack for Kubernetes clusters.
The Prometheus operator includes, but is not limited to, the following features:
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Kubernetes Custom Resources: Use Kubernetes custom resources to deploy and manage Prometheus, Alertmanager, and related components.
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Simplified Deployment Configuration: Configure the fundamentals of Prometheus like versions, persistence, retention policies, and replicas from a native Kubernetes resource.
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Prometheus Target Configuration: Automatically generate monitoring target configurations based on familiar Kubernetes label queries; no need to learn a Prometheus specific configuration language.
For an introduction to the Prometheus Operator, see the getting started guide.
Project Status
The operator in itself is considered to be production ready. Please refer to the Custom Resource Definition (CRD) versions for the status of each CRD:
monitoring.coreos.com/v1: stable CRDs and API, changes are made in a backward-compatible way.