This is just a quick blog to draw attention to some new and enhanced monitoring dashboards and reports we have added to eG Enterprise in our latest release (v7.5) to provide quick and powerful overviews when monitoring a range of Kubernetes technologies.graphics showing a collection of K8s and container technologies that eG Enterprise can monitor including docker, podman, cri-o, rancher, openshift, AKS, EKS, Openshift, Tanzu, GKE and others As with all our dashboards, color-coded overlays provide guided drilldown for help desk operators and administrators. If a component has an issue, an amber or red indicator is overlaid to allow the viewer to click through to further diagnostic information.

As with other eG Enterprise dashboards, the new Kubernetes dashboards can be published for external viewers to provide an overview of service status and TV / Kiosk mode allows dashboards to be published to information screens, a feature often used in IT Helpdesk and support centers and by MSPs.

The new Kubernetes monitoring dashboards and reports provide a comprehensive and structured view of your entire Kubernetes ecosystem. The dashboards and reports include:

1. Kubernetes Cluster Overview Dashboard

  • A high-level summary displaying all clusters, their health, and key performance metrics.

Kubernetes Dashboard in eG Enterprise showing cluster overview

Notice that eG Enterprise can monitor multiple varieties of Kubernetes in the same way within a single console including proprietary technologies such as Tanzu and Red Hat OpenShift

screenshot showing eG Enterprise configuration screen to select the specific variety of kubernetes in use - Rancher, AKS, EKS, Tanzu, Openshift and others are shown

Figure 2: eG Enterprise includes domain-specific intelligence for a wide-range of Kubernetes based technologies, simply select the appropriate model upon deployment

2. Kubernetes Master Node Monitoring Dashboard

  • Master Node Summary: A list view showing all master nodes with status indicators.

    Kubernetes Dashboard in eG Enterprise showing Master Nodes and key status and metric information

  • Detailed Master Node View: A pictorial representation of each master node’s internal components, including API server, etcd, scheduler, and controllers, along with real-time health status.

    Kubernetes Dashboard in eG Enterprise showing key detailed information on a master node

3. Kubernetes Worker Node Monitoring Dashboard

  • Worker Node Summary: A list of all worker nodes with key metrics.

    Kubernetes dashboards - a screenshot of an overview of k8s worker nodes from eG Enterprise console showing key status and metric data

  • Detailed Worker Node View: A deep dive into individual worker nodes, showing core components like Kubelet, Kube-Proxy, and the container runtime, along with system health indicators.

    detailed kubernetes dashboard of a worker node in eG Enterprise showing relationship to container runtime and other components

4. Containers Overview Dashboard

  • Aggregated and individual insights into all running containers, including resource utilization, health checks, and performance trends.

    eG Enterprise dashboard showing an overview of the containers in a kubernetes deployment including metrics around status and resource usages

5. Containerized Applications View Dashboard

  • A structured display of applications running within Kubernetes, categorized by namespaces and workloads.

    A dashboard containing a structured display of applications running within Kubernetes, categorized by namespaces and workloads, shown within the eG Enterprise console.

  • Real-time monitoring of application performance, availability, and managed deployments.

eG Enterprise dashboard showing an overview of the health over time of a Java application

Figure 9: eG Enterprise’s deep APM reporting features allow you to monitor the application performance of containerized applications and the end user experience

A screenshot of eG Enterprise's distributed transaction tracing

Figure 10: Distributed transaction tracing can monitor and diagnose each step and identify the root cause of slow containerized applications

6. Container Engine Monitoring Dashboards

  • Simple out-of-the-box dashboards provide a view of Container Engine health

    A screenshot of eG Enterprise dashboards monitoring the Container Engine within a Kubernetes deployment

7. New Reports – Top N nodes report for a K8s cluster

Out-of-the-box reports for both live and historical data allow admins instant access to Kubernetes performance data without the need for any query languages.

screenshot showing how to access out-of-the-box reports for kubernetes deployments within the eG Enterprise console

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web applications, SaaS services, cloud and containers from a single pane of glass.

Figure 12: Top N by Resource reports give admins instant information for prioritization decisions in Kubernetes environments

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web applications, SaaS services, cloud and containers from a single pane of glass.

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About the Author

Rachel has worked as developer, product manager and marketing manager at Cloud, EUC, application and hardware vendors such as Citrix, IBM, NVIDIA and Siemens PLM. Rachel now works on technical content and engineering and partner liaison for eG Enterprise