Add-ons Installation

To effectively manage your Kubernetes clusters within ZCP, you can install various add-on components that enhance monitoring, logging, and application exposure capabilities. These add-ons can enhance cluster information management.

View Add-On Components

1. Select the desired cluster within the ZCP console
2. Navigate to the Add-ons tab, where you will find a comprehensive list of supported add-on components.

Install Add-On Components

ZCP supports various types of add-ons, including logging agents, monitoring agents, and ingress controllers.

• Logging Agents (components for collecting logs from your cluster):
  • fluent-bit
  • fluentd
• Monitoring Agents (components necessary for monitoring your cluster's health and performance):
  • prometheus
  • prometheus-blackbox-exporter
  • prometheus-k8s-events-exporter
• Ingress Controller (component responsible for managing external access to services in the cluster)
  • ingress-nginx

fluent-bit

1. Select a version.
2. Upon selection, information specific to that version will typically auto-fill.
3. Click Save to install.

fluentd

1. Select a version.
2. A window will open to enter the required parameters.
3. Information specific to the selected version will also auto-fill.
4. Click Save to proceed with the installation.

prometheus:

1. Select a version.
2. Information specific to the selected version will automatically fill in.
3. Click Save to install.

prometheus-blackbox-exporter:

This exporter allows Prometheus to monitor external services using HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TCP, and ICMP.

1. Select a version.
2. Information for that version will automatically fill in.
3. Click Save to install.

prometheus-k8s-events-exporter:

This exporter enhances event observability, enables custom alerts, and facilitates aggregation with Kubernetes events in Prometheus.

1. Select a version.
2. Information specific to that version will automatically fill in.
3. Click Save to install.

ingress-nginx

1. Select a version.
2. Information specific to that version will automatically fill in.
3. Click Save to install.