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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.