K8s Cluster Onboarding

Why this matters: this is the self-managed path — you're deploying Mavvrik's own appliance into your cluster via Helm, which scrapes Prometheus metrics directly rather than relying on a cloud provider's managed telemetry. Getting the Prometheus URL and script execution right here is what determines whether node and workload cost data starts flowing.

Before you start: you'll need kubectl and helm installed and configured with access to your cluster, and Prometheus already running in it.

Follow the steps below to onboard k8s cluster

Step-1: Log in to Kubernetes Shell.

Ensure that kubectl and helm are installed and can access your cluster.

If Helm and kubectl are already installed, skip the steps below and proceed to Step-2.

Install kubectl

#Linux

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"

chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/

#macOS

brew install kubectl

#Windows (PowerShell)
choco install kubernetes-cli

Install Helm

#Linux
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash

#macOS
brew install helm

#Windows
choco install kubernetes-helm

Step-2: Enter the Prometheus URL in Mavvrik

Capture the Prometheus URL associated with the K8s cluster:

a. Enter the following URL in Mavvrik UI

http://<prometheus-server-name>.<namespace>:<prometheus-internal-port>

b. To find the Prometheus service, run the following command in Kubernetes shell

kubectl get svc -n prometheus

In URL Replace prometheus-server-name,namespace & prometheus-internal-port with your data

Find & Enter the namespace where prometheus service is installed

Following screenshot shows the example of URL

Step 3: Execute the script from the Kubernetes Shell

Copy the script and execute the command below provided by Mavvrik UI within the Kubernetes Shell terminal window.

Paste in Kubernetes Shell Editor and click Enter

Click on the Connect button in Mavvrik, after the running script is successfully completed.
The onboarded K8s Cluster will be displayed with the list of All linked Nodes.