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The 10-Layer Kubernetes Monitoring Checklist
The exact checklist we use when auditing monitoring setups for clients running Kubernetes in production.
What's Inside:
- All 10 layers with specific metrics to track at each level
- Tool recommendations for each layer (free and paid options)
- Alert thresholds based on what we use in production
- Common mistakes to avoid at each layer
- Quick reference tool stack for budget and enterprise setups
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The 10 Layers at a Glance
- 1 System & Infrastructure - Node metrics, pod states, Kubernetes errors
- 2 Application Performance - APM, response times, error rates
- 3 HTTP, API & RUM - Blackbox probes, API testing, real user monitoring
- 4 Database - Connections, query latency, replication lag
- 5 Cache - Hit/miss ratio, memory, evictions
- 6 Message Queues - Queue depth, consumer lag, dead letters
- 7 Tracing Infrastructure - Collector health, dropped spans
- 8 SSL & Certificates - Expiry monitoring and alerts
- 9 External Dependencies - Third-party API health
- 10 Log Patterns - Error spikes, timeout patterns
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