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Kubernetes Cloud Hosted

Why this matters: this covers cloud-hosted Kubernetes clusters outside the major managed offerings (EKS/AKS/GKE) that have their own dedicated onboarding paths — the appliance-based approach here works for any cluster where you have kubectl/helm access and a running Prometheus instance, regardless of which cloud is hosting it.

Configuration steps

Step-1: Configure node exporter sidecar to collect instance metadata.

Step-2: Log in to Kubernetes Shell.

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

Step-3: Enter the Prometheus URL in Mavvrik

  1. 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
List Prometheus services in Kubernetes
List Prometheus services in Kubernetes

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

Find & Enter the namespace where prometheus service is installed

  1. Following screenshot shows the example of URL

Example Prometheus service URL
Example Prometheus service URL

Step 4: Execute the script from the Kubernetes Shell

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

Copy the Kubernetes onboarding script from Mavvrik
Copy the Kubernetes onboarding script from Mavvrik

  1. Paste in Kubernetes Shell Editor and click Enter

Run the onboarding script in the Kubernetes shell
Run the onboarding script in the Kubernetes shell
Confirm the Kubernetes appliance installation
Confirm the Kubernetes appliance installation

  1. Click on the Connect button in Mavvrik, after the running script is successfully completed.

  2. The onboarded K8s Cluster will be displayed with the list of All linked Nodes.

View the onboarded Kubernetes cluster and linked nodes
View the onboarded Kubernetes cluster and linked nodes

Troubleshooting

  • If you don't know your Prometheus URL, run kubectl get svc -n prometheus to find the service, then build the URL from the server name, namespace, and internal port shown in that output.

  • Confirm kubectl and helm are installed and configured with cluster access before starting — the onboarding script assumes both are already available.

FAQs

Does this work for any cloud-hosted Kubernetes cluster?
Yes — this appliance-based approach works for any cluster where you have kubectl/helm access and a running Prometheus instance, regardless of which cloud is hosting it. EKS, AKS, and GKE have their own dedicated onboarding paths instead.

What do I need in place before starting Step 1?
A node exporter sidecar already configured to collect instance metadata (covered on its own linked page), plus kubectl and helm installed with access to your cluster.