How to monitor and Visualize Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions in Dynatrace?

panumjp — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:09:26 GMT

I'm currently working with Kubernetes clusters that make extensive use of Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), and I'm looking for the best way to monitor and visualize these CRDs within Dynatrace.

I understand that Dynatrace provides observability for standard Kubernetes resources, but I haven't found clear documentation or examples on how to extend this to custom resources. Specifically, I'm interested in:

- Monitoring the state of custom CRDs (e.g., status fields)
- Visualizing CRDs in Dynatrace
- Using Dynatrace Extensions 2.0 or Prometheus integrations to ingest CRD metrics from controller or via kube state metrics (https://github.com/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics/blob/main/docs/metrics/extend/customresourcestate-metrics.md)
- Best practices for alerting or anomaly detection on CRD behavior

Has anyone successfully implemented monitoring for custom CRDs in Dynatrace? Any guidance, examples, or recommended approaches would be greatly appreciated!

Re: How to Monitor and Visualize Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) in Dynatrace?

yanezza — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:15:10 GMT

Hi,
in the new kubernetes app it will be possible, i don't know the ETA

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How to monitor and Visualize Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions in Dynatrace?

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