k8s-monitoring-stack

Overview

Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, and exporters for Kubernetes observability. Includes a custom Python exporter and SLO-based alerting.

Architecture

(diagram + brief explanation)

Quick Start

1. kind create cluster...
2. helm install prometheus ...
3. kubectl apply -f exporters/custom-exporter/...
4. kubectl port-forward svc/prometheus-grafana -n monitoring 3000:80

Dashboards & Alerts

• Grafana import paths
• PrometheusRule locations

Custom Exporter

• Endpoint, metrics exposed, build & deploy steps

Demo

• Commands to generate load and trigger alerts
• Screenshots/GIFs

Security & Ops

• RBAC, NetworkPolicy, secrets, persistence

Cleanup

• scripts/teardown.sh

Future Work

• Loki, Terraform, Helm umbrella chart