Pods
The Pods tab provides a real-time view of all pods running in your cluster.- Search: Filter pods by name
- Filters: Filter by status or namespace
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Pod name | The name of the pod |
| Namespace | Kubernetes namespace (e.g., kube-system, default) |
| Status | Current state (Running, Pending, Failed, etc.) |
| Ready | Container readiness (e.g., 1/1) |
| Restarts | Number of container restarts |
| CPU | CPU usage |
| Memory | Memory usage |
| Memory % | Percentage of memory limit used |
| Age | Time since pod creation |
Nodes
The Nodes tab shows your cluster’s node groups and individual nodes.Node Groups View
The default view displays all node groups:| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Node group | Name of the node group (e.g., default, monitoring, system) |
| Instance type | The machine type for nodes in this group |
| Utilization | Visual indicator of resource usage |
| Actions | Link to view detailed metrics |
Individual Nodes View
Click on a node group to see individual nodes:- Node name: The cloud provider’s node identifier
- Node group: Which node group this node belongs to
- Instance type: The machine type
- CPU: CPU utilization shown as utilized (yellow) vs reserved (blue)
- Memory: Memory utilization shown as utilized (yellow) vs reserved (blue)
- Status: Node health status (Ready, NotReady)
Integrating External Monitoring
For application-level monitoring and alerting, integrate with external observability platforms:Datadog
Full-stack monitoring with APM, logs, and infrastructure metrics
New Relic
Application performance monitoring and alerting
Grafana
Dashboards and visualization for metrics and logs