bitnamicharts/kube-state-metrics Docker Image

Bitnami Secure Images Helm chart for Kube State Metrics

kube-state-metrics is a simple service that listens to the Kubernetes API server and generates metrics about the state of the objects.

https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics

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TL;DR

console
helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/kube-state-metrics

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository.

Introduction

This chart bootstraps https://github.com/bitnami/containers/tree/main/bitnami/kube-state-metrics on https://kubernetes.io using the https://helm.sh package manager.

Before you begin

• Kubernetes 1.23+
• Helm 3.8.0+

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

console
helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/kube-state-metrics

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

The command deploys kube-state-metrics on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The configuration section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Configuration and installation details

This section describes credentials, configuration, and other installation options.

Resource requests and limits

Bitnami charts allow setting resource requests and limits for all containers inside the chart deployment. These are inside the resources value (check parameter table). Setting requests is essential for production workloads and these should be adapted to your specific use case.

To make this process easier, the chart contains the resourcesPreset values, which automatically sets the resources section according to different presets. Check these presets in https://github.com/bitnami/charts/blob/main/bitnami/common/templates/_resources.tpl#L15. However, in production workloads using resourcesPreset is discouraged as it may not fully adapt to your specific needs. Find more information on container resource management in the https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/bitnami-secure-images/bitnami-secure-images/services/bsi-doc/apps-tutorials-understand-rolling-tags-containers-index.html

It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.

Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.

Backup and restore

To back up and restore Helm chart deployments on Kubernetes, you need to back up the persistent volumes from the source deployment and attach them to a new deployment using https://velero.io/, a Kubernetes backup/restore tool. Find the instructions for using Velero in https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/bitnami-secure-images/bitnami-secure-images/services/bsi-doc/apps-tutorials-backup-restore-deployments-velero-index.html.

Use Sidecars and Init Containers

If additional containers are needed in the same pod (such as additional metrics or logging exporters), they can be defined using the sidecars config parameter.

yaml
sidecars:
- name: your-image-name
  image: your-image
  imagePullPolicy: Always
  ports:
  - name: portname
    containerPort: 1234

If these sidecars export extra ports, extra port definitions can be added using the service.extraPorts parameter (where available), as shown in the example below:

yaml
service:
  extraPorts:
  - name: extraPort
    port: 11311
    targetPort: 11311

NOTE: This Helm chart already includes sidecar containers for the Prometheus exporters (where applicable). These can be activated by adding the --enable-metrics=true parameter at deployment time. The sidecars parameter should therefore only be used for any extra sidecar containers.

If additional init containers are needed in the same pod, they can be defined using the initContainers parameter. Here is an example:

yaml
initContainers:
  - name: your-image-name
    image: your-image
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    ports:
      - name: portname
        containerPort: 1234

Learn more about https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/ and https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/init-containers/.

Set Pod affinity

This chart allows you to set custom Pod affinity using the affinity parameter. Find more information about Pod's affinity in the https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity.

As an alternative, use one of the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/common#affinities chart. To do so, set the podAffinityPreset, podAntiAffinityPreset, or nodeAffinityPreset parameters.

FIPS parameters

The FIPS parameters only have effect if you are using images from the https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/contact-us.

For more information on this new support, please refer to the https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/bitnami-secure-images/bitnami-secure-images/services/bsi-doc/security-frameworks-FIPS-compliance.html.

Parameters

The following subsections list global, common, and component-specific parameters.

Global parameters

Common parameters

kube-state-metrics parameters

Note: the README for this chart is longer than the DockerHub length limit of 25000, so it has been trimmed. The full README can be found at https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-tanzu/bitnami-secure-images/bitnami-secure-images/services/bsi-app-doc/apps-charts-kube-state-metrics-index.html