How to setup monitor for Kubernetes HPA & VPA Metrics.

[dkrishna]

Hi Team,

Already Kubernetes platform is being monitored using dynatrace, we would like to monitor the Kubernetes HPA and VPA related metrics using dynatrace, need your help how to configure dynatrace in order to monitor those metrics. Need your valuable help.

Many Thanks in Advance.

[MaximilianoML]

Hello @dkrishna,

Firstly, I'm not an expert with Kubernetes 😅

Yes, this is possible, although usually not through a dedicated native HPA/VPA feature in Dynatrace. The typical approach is to have Dynatrace scrape Prometheus metrics from the Kubernetes components or exporters that expose HPA and VPA data. For example, if your HPA metrics are available through kube-state-metrics and your VPA components expose Prometheus metrics, Dynatrace can ingest them so you can visualize them in dashboards and create alerts.

I’m not sure how much this helps in your specific case, but it should at least point you in the right direction 😃