Prerequisites

Before you can use the VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Kubernetes to monitor the Kubernetes clusters, you must prepare your VMware Aria Operations environment. You must make sure that VMware Aria Operations meets the following general requirements.

• Ensure that you have installed VMware Aria Operations (SaaS) or VMware Aria Operations 8.1 or later.

• Verify that you have installed VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for Kubernetes.

• Ensure that you have a Kubernetes cluster deployed in your environment.

• Ensure you have a service account created to access the cluster and obtain the inventory with read permissions.

• Decide the mode of authentication for your Kubernetes cluster.

• Decide if you want to use cAdvisor or Prometheus to monitor your Kubernetes environment.

  • If you choose cAdvisor, then ensure that cAdvisor is running as a Kubelet or DaemonSet.

  • If you choose Prometheus, then ensure that you have deployed a Prometheus in-cluster or have a separate instance of Prometheus deployed outside the cluster.