Kubecost Metrics
The following metrics are being consumed by the Kubecost installation.
The Cost Model both exports and consumes the following metrics.
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
node_cpu_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per vCPU on this node |
node_gpu_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per GPU on this node |
node_ram_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per Gb of memory on this node |
node_total_hourly_cost | Total node cost per hour |
kubecost_load_balancer_cost | Hourly cost of a load balancer |
kubecost_cluster_management_cost | Hourly cost paid as a cluster management fee |
pv_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per GP on a persistent volume |
node_gpu_count | Number of GPUs available on node |
container_cpu_allocation | Average number of CPUs requested/used over last 1m |
container_gpu_allocation | Average number of GPUs requested over last 1m |
container_memory_allocation_bytes | Average bytes of RAM requested/used over last 1m |
pod_pvc_allocation | Bytes provisioned for a PVC attached to a pod |
kubecost_node_is_spot | Cloud provider info about node preemptibility |
kubecost_network_zone_egress_cost | Total cost per GB egress across zones |
kubecost_network_region_egress_cost | Total cost per GB egress across regions |
kubecost_network_internet_egress_cost | Total cost per GB of internet egress |
service_selector_labels | Service Selector Labels |
deployment_match_labels | Deployment Match Labels |
statefulSet_match_labels | StatefulSet Match Labels |
kubecost_cluster_memory_working_set_bytes | (Created by recording rule) |
The Kubecost network-costs daemonset collects node network data and exports the egress, ingress, and performance statistics.
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
kubecost_pod_network_egress_bytes_total | egressed byte counts by pod |
kubecost_pod_network_ingress_bytes_total | ingressed byte counts by pod |
kubecost_network_costs_parsed_entries | total parsed conntrack entries |
kubecost_network_costs_parse_time | total time in milliseconds it took to parse conntrack entries |
cAdvisor (Container Advisor) provides container users an understanding of the resource usage and performance characteristics of their running containers. It is a running daemon that collects, aggregates, processes, and exports information about running containers.
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
container_memory_usage_bytes | Current memory usage, including all memory regardless of when it was accessed |
container_fs_limit_bytes | Number of bytes that can be consumed by the container on this filesystem |
container_fs_usage_bytes | Number of bytes that are consumed by the container on this filesystem |
container_memory_working_set_bytes | Current working set |
container_network_receive_bytes_total | Cumulative count of bytes received |
container_network_transmit_bytes_total | Cumulative count of bytes transmitted |
container_cpu_usage_seconds_total | Cumulative cpu time consumed |
container_cpu_cfs_periods_total | Number of elapsed enforcement period intervals |
container_cpu_cfs_throttled_periods_total | Number of throttled period intervals |
The following KSM metrics are both consumed and emitted by the Kubecost installation. The
cost-model replicates all of these metrics such that a KSM installation is not actually required. Read more here.Metric | Description |
|---|---|
kube_deployment_spec_replicas | Number of pods specified for a Deployment |
kube_deployment_status_replicas_available | Number of pods currently available for a Deployment |
kube_job_status_failed | The number of pods which reached Phase Failed and the reason for failure |
kube_namespace_annotations | Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels |
kube_namespace_labels | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels |
kube_node_labels | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels |
kube_node_status_allocatable | The allocatable for different resources of a node that are available for scheduling |
kube_node_status_allocatable_cpu_cores | Total allocatable cpu cores of the node (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_node_status_allocatable_memory_bytes | Total allocatable memory bytes of the node (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_node_status_capacity | The capacity for different resources of a node |
kube_node_status_capacity_cpu_cores | Total cpu cores available on the the node (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_node_status_capacity_memory_bytes | Total memory available on the node (bytes) (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_node_status_condition | The condition of a cluster node |
kube_persistentvolume_capacity_bytes | Total capacity of a persistent volume (bytes) |
kube_persistentvolume_status_phase | Status of a persistent volume (Bound |
kube_persistentvolumeclaim_info | Information about persistent volume claim |
kube_persistentvolumeclaim_resource_requests_storage_bytes | The capacity of storage requested by the persistent volume claim |
kube_pod_annotations | Kubernetes annotations converted to Prometheus labels |
kube_pod_container_resource_limits | The number of requested limit resource by a container |
kube_pod_container_resource_limits_cpu_cores | Limit on CPU cores that can be used by the container. (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_pod_container_resource_limits_memory_bytes | Limit on the amount of memory that can be used by the container. (Depecated in ksm 2.0.0) |
kube_pod_container_resource_requests | The number of requested request resource by a container |
kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total | The number of container restarts per container |
kube_pod_container_status_running | Describes whether the container is currently in running state |
kube_pod_container_status_terminated_reason | Describes the reason the container is currently in terminated state |
kube_pod_labels | Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels |
kube_pod_owner | Information about the Pod's owner |
kube_pod_status_phase | The pods current phase (Pending |
kube_replicaset_owner | Information about the ReplicaSet's owner |
Prometheus exporter for hardware and OS metrics exposed by *NIX kernels, written in Go with pluggable metric collectors.
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
node_cpu_seconds_total | Seconds the cpus spent in each mode |
node_disk_reads_completed | The total number of reads completed successfully |
node_disk_reads_completed_total | The total number of reads completed successfully |
node_disk_writes_completed | The total number of writes completed successfully |
node_disk_writes_completed_total | The total number of writes completed successfully |
node_filesystem_device_error | Whether an error occurred while getting statistics for the given device |
node_memory_Buffers_bytes | Memory information field Buffers_bytes |
node_memory_Cached_bytes | Memory information field Cached_bytes |
node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes | Memory information field MemAvailable_bytes |
node_memory_MemFree_bytes | Memory information field MemFree_bytes |
node_memory_MemTotal_bytes | Memory information field MemTotal_bytes |
node_network_transmit_bytes_total | Network device statistic transmit_bytes |
Prometheus emits metrics which are used by Kubecost for diagnostic purposes:
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
up | Scrape target status |
prometheus_target_interval_length_seconds | Amount of time between target scrapes |
NVIDIA GPU monitoring support can be explained in more detail on the Kubecost Blog: Monitoring NVIDIA GPU Usage in Kubernetes with Prometheus. The following metrics are consumed:
Metric | Description |
|---|---|
DCGM_FI_DEV_GPU_UTIL | GPU utilization |