IBM Cloud

understand how to enable ibm cloud prometheus, supporting your chosen monitoring system improve your ibm cloud infrastructure monitoring by integrating prometheus this straightforward guide walks you through the configuration process, making it simpler and more user focused let’s jump right in! initial setup and tool installation begin by installing the ibmcloud tool on your machine get it here https //cloud ibm com/docs/cli?topic=cli install ibmcloud cli if you're using an rhel machine, opt for this version rhel ibmcloud tool https //download clis cloud ibm com/ibm cloud cli/2 2 0/ibm cloud cli 2 2 0 amd64 tar gz plugin installation enhance the functionality of the ibmcloud tool by installing the following plugins ibmcloud plugin install container service ibmcloud plugin install container registry ibmcloud plugin install observe service connection and configuration ensure kubectl is installed on your system connect to the ibm cloud cli with this command ibmcloud login a cloud ibm com r jp tok g default sso (note include sso only if you're using a federated id ) to focus on your specific cluster for this session, use ibmcloud ks cluster config cluster c50pifut05bcc7pangi0 check if the connection to your cluster is successfully established kubectl config current context integrating prometheus with ibm cluster ensure the helm package manager for kubernetes is installed helm streamlines prometheus installation and management next, add the prometheus repository to your helm list and update it csharpcopy codehelm repo add prometheus community https //prometheus community github io/helm charts helm repo update install the prometheus helm chart into the 'monitoring' namespace (this will be created automatically if it does not exist) helm install prometheus prometheus community/kube prometheus stack namespace monitoring create namespace validate prometheus installation by checking the status of the pods kubectl namespace monitoring get pods l "release=prometheus" dive into prometheus dashboard access the prometheus dashboard on ibm cluster using port forwarding kubectl port forward namespace monitoring svc/prometheus kube prometheus prometheus 9090