Kubesphere whizard-events

Use when working with WizTelemetry Events extension for KubeSphere, including installation, configuration, and event query API

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/kubesphere/kubesphere "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/whizard-events" ~/.claude/skills/kubesphere-kubesphere-whizard-events && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/whizard-events/SKILL.md
source content

WizTelemetry Events

Overview

WizTelemetry Events is an extension component in the KubeSphere Observability Platform for Kubernetes event collection, processing, and storage.

When to Use

  • Installing or configuring the WizTelemetry Events extension
  • Understanding event collection architecture
  • Using the event query API to query events

Components

ComponentDescriptionDefault Enabled
kube-events-exporterKubernetes event collection and exporttrue

Dependencies

  • WizTelemetry Platform Service (whizard-telemetry): Required
  • WizTelemetry Data Pipeline (vector): Required
  • OpenSearch (opensearch): Required

Installation

Prerequisites

REQUIRED: Complete all steps in order before generating InstallPlan.

Step 1: Get Available Clusters and Confirm Target

⚠️ CRITICAL: DO NOT proceed until target clusters are determined.

Step 1.1: Get available clusters

kubectl get clusters -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}'

Step 1.2: Determine target clusters

  • If user explicitly specified target clusters in the request → Use those clusters directly, proceed to Step 2
  • If user did NOT specify target clusters → Ask user to confirm which clusters to deploy to, then proceed to Step 2

Ask user (if not specified):

Available clusters: host, dev
Which clusters do you want to deploy WizTelemetry Events to?

Step 2: Get Latest Version (if not provided by user)

MUST do this to get the latest version:

kubectl get extensionversions -n kubesphere-system -l kubesphere.io/extension-ref=whizard-events -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.spec.version}{"\n"}{end}' | sort -V | tail -1

This outputs the latest version (e.g.,

1.4.0
). Note this down - you'll use it in the InstallPlan.

Install WizTelemetry Events

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Complete prerequisite steps BEFORE this step.

Based on your selections:

  • Target clusters: User-confirmed cluster names

⚠️ CRITICAL: InstallPlan

metadata.name
MUST be
whizard-events
. DO NOT use any other name.

⚠️ CRITICAL:

config
field is YAML format. You MUST:

  • Use the config structure exactly as shown in the template
  • DO NOT add configuration fields that are not shown in the template
  • DO NOT modify the structure or hierarchy

⚠️ CRITICAL: All placeholders MUST be replaced with actual values. DO NOT leave them as placeholders.

Template

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-events
  namespace: kubesphere-system
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-events
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Replace placeholders:

  • <VERSION>
    : From Step 2 (e.g.,
    1.4.0
    )
  • <TARGET_CLUSTERS>
    : User-confirmed cluster names

Note: OpenSearch sink configuration (endpoints, auth) is provided by the vector extension. Make sure vector is installed and configured with OpenSearch before installing events.

Enable Doris Sink

To enable Doris sink for events storage:

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-events
  namespace: kubesphere-system
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-events
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  config: |
    kube-events-exporter:
      sinks:
        opensearch:
          enabled: true
          index:
            prefix: "{{ .cluster }}-events"
            timestring: "%Y.%m.%d"
        doris:
          enabled: true
          fe: <DORIS_FE>
          be: <DORIS_BE>
          table:
            partitionUnit: DAY
            retentionPartition: 7
            replicationNum: 2
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Enable ISM Policy

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-events
  namespace: kubesphere-system
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-events
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 2
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  config: |
    kube-events-exporter:
      sinks:
        opensearch:
          enabled: true
          index:
            prefix: "{{ .cluster }}-events"
            timestring: "%Y.%m.%d"
      ism_policy:
        enable: true
        min_index_age: "7d"
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <TARGET_CLUSTERS>

Configuration Parameters

OpenSearch Sink Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
kube-events-exporter.sinks.opensearch.enabled
booltrueEnable OpenSearch sink
kube-events-exporter.sinks.opensearch.index.prefix
string"{{ .cluster }}-events"Index prefix
kube-events-exporter.sinks.opensearch.index.timestring
string"%Y.%m.%d"Index time format

Doris Sink Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.enabled
boolfalseEnable Doris sink
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.fe
string""Doris Frontend address
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.be
string""Doris Backend address
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.table.partitionUnit
stringDAYPartition unit
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.table.retentionPartition
int7Retention partition
kube-events-exporter.sinks.doris.table.replicationNum
int2Replication number

ISM Policy Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
kube-events-exporter.ism_policy.enable
boolfalseEnable Index State Management policy
kube-events-exporter.ism_policy.min_index_age
string"7d"Minimum index retention period

Event Query API

Query Events

curl -X GET "http://whizard-telemetry-apiserver.extension-whizard-telemetry.svc:80/kapis/logging.kubesphere.io/v1alpha2/events?operation=query&sort=desc&size=10&cluster=host" \
  -H "X-Remote-User: admin"

Query Parameters:

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
operation
stringqueryOperation type: query/statistics/histogram/export
workspace_filter
stringComma-separated list of workspaces
workspace_search
stringFuzzy match workspace names
involved_object_namespace_filter
stringComma-separated list of namespaces (involvedObject.namespace)
involved_object_namespace_search
stringFuzzy match namespace names
involved_object_name_filter
stringComma-separated list of object names
involved_object_name_search
stringFuzzy match object names
involved_object_kind_filter
stringComma-separated list of kinds
reason_filter
stringComma-separated list of reasons
reason_search
stringFuzzy match reason
message_search
stringFuzzy match message
type_filter
stringEvent type: Warning/Normal
start_time
stringStart time (seconds since epoch)
end_time
stringEnd time (seconds since epoch)
interval
string15mTime interval for histogram
sort
stringdescSort order: asc/desc
from
int0Offset
size
int10Number of results
cluster
stringhostCluster name

Extension Operations

Check Extension Status

kubectl get installplan -n kubesphere-system -l extension.kubesphere.io/name=whizard-events
kubectl get extensionversions -n kubesphere-system whizard-events

Uninstall Extension

Uninstall from all clusters:

kubectl delete installplan -n kubesphere-system whizard-events

Uninstall from specific cluster:

To remove WizTelemetry Events from a specific cluster, update the InstallPlan by removing that cluster from

clusterScheduling.placement.clusters
:

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-events
  namespace: kubesphere-system
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-events
    version: <VERSION>
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  clusterScheduling:
    placement:
      clusters:
        - <REMAINING_CLUSTERS>  # Remove the cluster you want to uninstall from