Monitoring & Logging Setup

Overview

Add monitoring/logging to deployment:

• Install Prometheus + Grafana via Helm (prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack)
• Configure alerts for high CPU, pod crashes
• Cloud: Enable Azure Monitor / GCP Logging
• Validate: kubectl port-forward grafana pod 3000:3000
• Generate dashboard screenshots for demo

Pre-execution

Before installing monitoring, verify: "Confirm cluster resources for monitoring stack?"

Post-execution

Validate monitoring setup and generate dashboard screenshots

Implementation Guidelines

1. Prometheus + Grafana Installation

• Install kube-prometheus-stack via Helm
• Configure resource limits for monitoring components
• Set up proper service accounts and permissions
• Verify all monitoring components are running

2. Alert Configuration

• Create alerts for high CPU utilization
• Set up pod crash detection and alerting
• Configure memory usage alerts
• Implement custom application-specific alerts

3. Cloud Monitoring Integration

• Enable Azure Monitor for AKS clusters
• Set up GCP Logging for GKE clusters
• Configure Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring for OKE
• Integrate cloud logs with Prometheus where possible

4. Dashboard Creation

• Create custom dashboards for application metrics
• Design task management system specific views
• Set up Dapr sidecar monitoring dashboards
• Configure Kafka event monitoring views

5. Validation Steps

• Use kubectl port-forward to access Grafana locally
• Verify metrics are being collected properly
• Test alert firing with simulated conditions
• Confirm all dashboards are displaying data correctly

6. Demo Preparation

• Generate screenshots of key monitoring dashboards
• Create before/after comparison images
• Document important metrics to highlight in demos
• Prepare dashboard annotations for presentation