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Kubernetes Tutorial — Part 11: Monitoring, Logging, and Observability

By Suraj Ahir April 10, 2026 8 min read

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Kubernetes - Monitoring
Kubernetes - Monitoring

Running Kubernetes without monitoring is like driving with your eyes closed. The standard stack is Prometheus for metrics and Grafana for visualization.

Install Monitoring Stack
helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
helm install monitoring prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack \
  --namespace monitoring --create-namespace

kubectl port-forward svc/monitoring-grafana 3000:80 -n monitoring
# Login: admin / prom-operator

The kube-prometheus-stack installs Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and pre-built dashboards. Within five minutes you have production-grade monitoring. Your applications should expose custom metrics through a /metrics endpoint. Configure Alertmanager to send notifications when things go wrong.

In Part 12, we put everything together in a complete production deployment.

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