Runbook

This page serves as a reference to the alerts that a standard Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) monitoring setup can fire, alongside a short description and steps to debug.

Group blackbox-exporter

HttpProbeFailed warning

probe_success != 1

Probing the blackbox-exporter target {{ $labels.instance }} failed.

HttpProbeSlow warning

sum by (instance) (probe_http_duration_seconds) > 3

{{ $labels.instance }} takes {{ $value }} seconds to respond.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the target system’s resource usage for anomalias.
  • Check if the target application has been recently rescheduled and is still settling.

HttpCertExpiresSoon warning

probe_ssl_earliest_cert_expiry - time() < 3*24*3600

The certificate for {{ $labels.instance }} expires in less than 3 days.

HttpCertExpiresVerySoon critical

probe_ssl_earliest_cert_expiry - time() < 24*3600

The certificate for {{ $labels.instance }} expires in less than 24 hours.

Group cadvisor

CadvisorDown critical

absent(up{job="cadvisor"} == 1)

Cadvisor has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

Group cert-manager

CertManagerCertExpiresSoon warning

certmanager_certificate_expiration_timestamp_seconds - time() < 3*24*3600

The certificate {{ $labels.name }} expires in less than 3 days.

CertManagerCertExpiresVerySoon critical

certmanager_certificate_expiration_timestamp_seconds - time() < 24*3600

The certificate {{ $labels.name }} expires in less than 24 hours.

Group elasticsearch

ElasticsearchHeapTooHigh warning

elasticsearch_jvm_memory_used_bytes{area="heap"} / elasticsearch_jvm_memory_max_bytes{area="heap"} > 0.9

The heap usage of Elasticsearch node {{ $labels.name }} is over 90%.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the pod’s logs for anomalities.
  • If it is a data node, check the shard allocation via http://es-data:9200/_cat/shards?v.

ElasticsearchClusterUnavailable warning

elasticsearch_cluster_health_up == 0

The Elasticsearch cluster health endpoint does not respond to scrapes.

ElasticsearchClusterUnhealthy critical

elasticsearch_cluster_health_status{color="green"} == 0

The Elasticsearch cluster is not healthy.

ElasticsearchUnassignedShards critical

elasticsearch_cluster_health_unassigned_shards > 0

There are {{ $value }} unassigned shards in the Elasticsearch cluster.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the shard allocation via http://es-data:9200/_cat/shards?v.

Group fluentbit

FluentbitManyFailedRetries warning

sum by (namespace, pod, node) (kube_pod_info) *
  on (namespace, pod)
  group_right (node)
  rate(fluentbit_output_retries_failed_total[1m]) > 0

Fluentbit pod {{ $labels.pod }} on {{ $labels.node }} is experiencing an elevated failed retry rate.

Remediation steps:

  • Ensure the target Elasticsearch cluster is healthy and accepts new documents (in certain conditions Elasticsearch clusters become read-only).
  • Ensure that Retry_Limit is not set to False (infinite) to prevent unprocessable logs from stopping the ingestion of new logs.

FluentbitManyOutputErrors warning

sum by (namespace, pod, node) (kube_pod_info) *
  on (namespace, pod)
  group_right (node)
  rate(fluentbit_output_errors_total[1m]) > 0

Fluentbit pod {{ $labels.pod }} on {{ $labels.node }} is experiencing an elevated output error rate.

Remediation steps:

  • Ensure the target Elasticsearch cluster is healthy and accepts new documents (in certain conditions Elasticsearch clusters become read-only).
  • Ensure that Retry_Limit is not set to False (infinite) to prevent unprocessable logs from stopping the ingestion of new logs.

FluentbitNotProcessingNewLogs warning

sum by (namespace, pod, node) (kube_pod_info) *
  on (namespace, pod)
  group_right (node)
  rate(fluentbit_output_proc_records_total[1m]) == 0

Fluentbit pod {{ $labels.pod }} on {{ $labels.node }} has not processed any new logs for the last 30 minutes.

Remediation steps:

  • Check if there are no other log-generating pods running on the same node.

Group helm-exporter

HelmReleaseNotDeployed warning

helm_chart_info != 1

The Helm release {{ $labels.release }} ({{ $labels.chart }} chart in namespace {{ $labels.exported_namespace }}) in version {{ $labels.version }} has not been ready for more than 15 minutes.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the installed Helm releases via helm --tiller-namespace kubermtic-installer ls.
  • If all releases are status DEPLOYED, make sure the helme-exporter is looking at the correct Tiller by checking the values.yaml flag helmExporter.tillerNamespace.
  • If Helm cannot repair the chart automatically, delete/purge the chart (helm delete --purge [RELEASE]) and re-install the chart again. Re-installing charts will not affect any existing data in existing PersistentVolumeClaims.

Group kube-apiserver

KubernetesApiserverDown critical

absent(up{job="apiserver"} == 1)

KubernetesApiserver has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

KubeAPILatencyHigh warning

cluster_quantile:apiserver_request_latencies:histogram_quantile{job="apiserver",quantile="0.99",subresource!="log",verb!~"^(?:LIST|WATCH|WATCHLIST|PROXY|CONNECT)$"} > 1

The API server has a 99th percentile latency of {{ $value }} seconds for {{ $labels.verb }} {{ $labels.resource }}.

KubeAPILatencyHigh critical

cluster_quantile:apiserver_request_latencies:histogram_quantile{job="apiserver",quantile="0.99",subresource!="log",verb!~"^(?:LIST|WATCH|WATCHLIST|PROXY|CONNECT)$"} > 4

The API server has a 99th percentile latency of {{ $value }} seconds for {{ $labels.verb }} {{ $labels.resource }}.

KubeAPIErrorsHigh critical

sum(rate(apiserver_request_count{job="apiserver",code=~"^(?:5..)$"}[5m])) without(instance, pod)
  /
sum(rate(apiserver_request_count{job="apiserver"}[5m])) without(instance, pod) * 100 > 10

API server is returning errors for {{ $value }}% of requests.

KubeAPIErrorsHigh warning

sum(rate(apiserver_request_count{job="apiserver",code=~"^(?:5..)$"}[5m])) without(instance, pod)
  /
sum(rate(apiserver_request_count{job="apiserver"}[5m])) without(instance, pod) * 100 > 5

API server is returning errors for {{ $value }}% of requests.

KubeClientCertificateExpiration warning

apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds_count{job="apiserver"} > 0
and
histogram_quantile(0.01, sum by (job, le) (rate(apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds_bucket{job="apiserver"}[5m]))) < 604800

A client certificate used to authenticate to the apiserver is expiring in less than 7 days.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the Kubernetes documentation on how to renew certificates.
  • If your certificate has already expired, the steps in the documentation might not work. Check Github for hints about fixing your cluster.

KubeClientCertificateExpiration critical

apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds_count{job="apiserver"} > 0
and
histogram_quantile(0.01, sum by (job, le) (rate(apiserver_client_certificate_expiration_seconds_bucket{job="apiserver"}[5m]))) < 86400

A client certificate used to authenticate to the apiserver is expiring in less than 24 hours.

Remediation steps:

  • Urgently renew your certificates. Expired certificates can make fixing the cluster difficult to begin with.
  • Check the Kubernetes documentation on how to renew certificates.
  • If your certificate has already expired, the steps in the documentation might not work. Check Github for hints about fixing your cluster.

Group kube-kubelet

KubeletDown critical

absent(up{job="kubelet"} == 1)

Kubelet has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

KubePersistentVolumeUsageCritical critical

100 * kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{job="kubelet"}
  /
kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{job="kubelet"}
  < 3

The PersistentVolume claimed by {{ $labels.persistentvolumeclaim }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} is only {{ printf “%0.0f” $value }}% free.

KubePersistentVolumeFullInFourDays critical

(
  kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{job="kubelet"}
    /
  kubelet_volume_stats_capacity_bytes{job="kubelet"}
) > 0.85
and
predict_linear(kubelet_volume_stats_available_bytes{job="kubelet"}[6h], 4 * 24 * 3600) < 0

Based on recent sampling, the PersistentVolume claimed by {{ $labels.persistentvolumeclaim }} in namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} is expected to fill up within four days. Currently {{ $value }} bytes are available.

KubeletTooManyPods warning

kubelet_running_pod_count{job="kubelet"} > 110 * 0.9

Kubelet {{ $labels.instance }} is running {{ $value }} pods, close to the limit of 110.

KubeClientErrors warning

(sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{code=~"(5..|<error>)",job="kubelet"}[5m])) by (instance)
  /
sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job="kubelet"}[5m])) by (instance))
* 100 > 1

The kubelet on {{ $labels.instance }} is experiencing {{ printf “%0.0f” $value }}% errors.

KubeClientErrors warning

(sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{code=~"(5..|<error>)",job="pods"}[5m])) by (namespace, pod)
  /
sum(rate(rest_client_requests_total{job="pods"}[5m])) by (namespace, pod))
* 100 > 1

The pod {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is experiencing {{ printf “%0.0f” $value }}% errors.

KubeletRuntimeErrors warning

sum(rate(kubelet_runtime_operations_errors{job="kubelet"}[5m])) by (instance) > 0.1

The kubelet on {{ $labels.instance }} is having an elevated error rate for container runtime operations.

KubeletCGroupManagerLatencyHigh warning

sum(rate(kubelet_cgroup_manager_latency_microseconds{quantile="0.9"}[5m])) by (instance) / 1000 > 1

The kubelet’s cgroup manager latency on {{ $labels.instance }} has been elevated ({{ printf “%0.2f” $value }}ms) for more than 15 minutes.

KubeletPodWorkerLatencyHigh warning

sum(rate(kubelet_pod_worker_latency_microseconds{quantile="0.9"}[5m])) by (instance, operation_type) / 1000 > 250

The kubelet’s pod worker latency for {{ $labels.operation_type }} operations on {{ $labels.instance }} has been elevated ({{ printf “%0.2f” $value }}ms) for more than 15 minutes.

KubeVersionMismatch warning

count(count(kubernetes_build_info{job!="dns"}) by (gitVersion)) > 1

There are {{ $value }} different versions of Kubernetes components running.

Group kube-state-metrics

KubeStateMetricsDown critical

absent(up{job="kube-state-metrics"} == 1)

KubeStateMetrics has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

KubePodCrashLooping critical

rate(kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total{job="kube-state-metrics"}[15m]) * 60 * 5 > 0

Pod {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} ({{ $labels.container }}) is restarting {{ printf “%.2f” $value }} times / 5 minutes.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the pod’s logs.

KubePodNotReady critical

sum by (namespace, pod) (kube_pod_status_phase{job="kube-state-metrics", phase=~"Pending|Unknown"}) > 0

Pod {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} has been in a non-ready state for longer than an hour.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the pod via kubectl describe pod [POD] to find out about scheduling issues.

KubeDeploymentGenerationMismatch critical

kube_deployment_status_observed_generation{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  !=
kube_deployment_metadata_generation{job="kube-state-metrics"}

Deployment generation for {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.deployment }} does not match, this indicates that the Deployment has failed but has not been rolled back.

KubeDeploymentReplicasMismatch critical

kube_deployment_spec_replicas{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  !=
kube_deployment_status_replicas_available{job="kube-state-metrics"}

Deployment {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.deployment }} has not matched the expected number of replicas for longer than an hour.

KubeStatefulSetReplicasMismatch critical

kube_statefulset_status_replicas_ready{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  !=
kube_statefulset_status_replicas{job="kube-state-metrics"}

StatefulSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.statefulset }} has not matched the expected number of replicas for longer than 15 minutes.

KubeStatefulSetGenerationMismatch critical

kube_statefulset_status_observed_generation{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  !=
kube_statefulset_metadata_generation{job="kube-state-metrics"}

StatefulSet generation for {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.statefulset }} does not match, this indicates that the StatefulSet has failed but has not been rolled back.

KubeStatefulSetUpdateNotRolledOut critical

max without (revision) (
  kube_statefulset_status_current_revision{job="kube-state-metrics"}
    unless
  kube_statefulset_status_update_revision{job="kube-state-metrics"}
)
  *
(
  kube_statefulset_replicas{job="kube-state-metrics"}
    !=
  kube_statefulset_status_replicas_updated{job="kube-state-metrics"}
)

StatefulSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.statefulset }} update has not been rolled out.

KubeDaemonSetRolloutStuck critical

kube_daemonset_status_number_ready{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  /
kube_daemonset_status_desired_number_scheduled{job="kube-state-metrics"} * 100 < 100

Only {{ $value }}% of the desired Pods of DaemonSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.daemonset }} are scheduled and ready.

KubeDaemonSetNotScheduled warning

kube_daemonset_status_desired_number_scheduled{job="kube-state-metrics"}
  -
kube_daemonset_status_current_number_scheduled{job="kube-state-metrics"} > 0

{{ $value }} Pods of DaemonSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.daemonset }} are not scheduled.

KubeDaemonSetMisScheduled warning

kube_daemonset_status_number_misscheduled{job="kube-state-metrics"} > 0

{{ $value }} Pods of DaemonSet {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.daemonset }} are running where they are not supposed to run.

KubeCronJobRunning warning

time() - kube_cronjob_next_schedule_time{job="kube-state-metrics"} > 3600

CronJob {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.cronjob }} is taking more than 1h to complete.

KubeJobCompletion warning

kube_job_spec_completions{job="kube-state-metrics"} - kube_job_status_succeeded{job="kube-state-metrics"} > 0

Job {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.job_name }} is taking more than one hour to complete.

KubeJobFailed warning

kube_job_status_failed{job="kube-state-metrics"} > 0

Job {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.job_name }} failed to complete.

KubeCPUOvercommit warning

sum(kube_resourcequota{job="kube-state-metrics", type="hard", resource="requests.cpu"})
  /
sum(node:node_num_cpu:sum)
  > 1.5

Cluster has overcommitted CPU resource requests for namespaces.

KubeCPUOvercommit warning

sum(namespace_name:kube_pod_container_resource_requests_cpu_cores:sum)
  /
sum(node:node_num_cpu:sum)
  >
(count(node:node_num_cpu:sum)-1) / count(node:node_num_cpu:sum)

Cluster has overcommitted CPU resource requests for pods and cannot tolerate node failure.

KubeMemOvercommit warning

sum(kube_resourcequota{job="kube-state-metrics", type="hard", resource="requests.memory"})
  /
sum(node_memory_MemTotal_bytes{app="node-exporter"})
  > 1.5

Cluster has overcommitted memory resource requests for namespaces.

KubeMemOvercommit warning

sum(namespace_name:kube_pod_container_resource_requests_memory_bytes:sum)
  /
sum(node_memory_MemTotal_bytes)
  >
(count(node:node_num_cpu:sum)-1)
  /
count(node:node_num_cpu:sum)

Cluster has overcommitted memory resource requests for pods and cannot tolerate node failure.

KubeQuotaExceeded warning

100 * kube_resourcequota{job="kube-state-metrics", type="used"}
  / ignoring(instance, job, type)
(kube_resourcequota{job="kube-state-metrics", type="hard"} > 0)
  > 90

Namespace {{ $labels.namespace }} is using {{ printf “%0.0f” $value }}% of its {{ $labels.resource }} quota.

KubePodOOMKilled warning

(kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total - kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total offset 30m >= 2)
and
ignoring (reason) min_over_time(kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason{reason="OOMKilled"}[30m]) == 1

Container {{ $labels.container }} in pod {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} has been OOMKilled {{ $value }} times in the last 30 minutes.

KubeNodeNotReady warning

kube_node_status_condition{job="kube-state-metrics",condition="Ready",status="true"} == 0

{{ $labels.node }} has been unready for more than an hour.

Group node-exporter

NodeFilesystemSpaceFillingUp warning

predict_linear(node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"}[6h], 24*60*60) < 0
and
node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} < 0.4
and
node_filesystem_readonly_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} is predicted to run out of space within the next 24 hours.

NodeFilesystemSpaceFillingUp critical

predict_linear(node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"}[6h], 4*60*60) < 0
and
node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} < 0.2
and
node_filesystem_readonly_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} is predicted to run out of space within the next 4 hours.

NodeFilesystemOutOfSpace warning

node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} * 100 < 5
and
node_filesystem_readonly_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} has only {{ $value }}% available space left.

NodeFilesystemOutOfSpace critical

node_filesystem_avail_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} * 100 < 3
and
node_filesystem_readonly_bytes{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} has only {{ $value }}% available space left.

NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp warning

predict_linear(node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"}[6h], 24*60*60) < 0
and
node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_files{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} < 0.4
and
node_filesystem_readonly{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} is predicted to run out of files within the next 24 hours.

NodeFilesystemFilesFillingUp warning

predict_linear(node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"}[6h], 4*60*60) < 0
and
node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_files{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} < 0.2
and
node_filesystem_readonly{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} is predicted to run out of files within the next 4 hours.

NodeFilesystemOutOfFiles warning

node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_files{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} * 100 < 5
and
node_filesystem_readonly{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} has only {{ $value }}% available inodes left.

NodeFilesystemOutOfSpace critical

node_filesystem_files_free{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} / node_filesystem_files{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} * 100 < 3
and
node_filesystem_readonly{app="node-exporter",fstype=~"ext.|xfs"} == 0

Filesystem on {{ $labels.device }} at {{ $labels.instance }} has only {{ $value }}% available space left.

NodeNetworkReceiveErrs critical

increase(node_network_receive_errs_total[2m]) > 10

{{ $labels.instance }} interface {{ $labels.device }} shows errors while receiving packets ({{ $value }} errors in two minutes).

NodeNetworkTransmitErrs critical

increase(node_network_transmit_errs_total[2m]) > 10

{{ $labels.instance }} interface {{ $labels.device }} shows errors while transmitting packets ({{ $value }} errors in two minutes).

Group prometheus

PromScrapeFailed warning

up != 1

Prometheus failed to scrape a target {{ $labels.job }} / {{ $labels.instance }}.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the Prometheus Service Discovery page to find out why the target is unreachable.

PromBadConfig critical

prometheus_config_last_reload_successful{job="prometheus"} == 0

Prometheus failed to reload config.

Remediation steps:

  • Check Prometheus pod’s logs via kubectl -n monitoring logs prometheus-0 and -1.
  • Check the prometheus-rules configmap via kubectl -n monitoring get configmap prometheus-rules -o yaml.

PromAlertmanagerBadConfig critical

alertmanager_config_last_reload_successful{job="alertmanager"} == 0

Alertmanager failed to reload config.

Remediation steps:

  • Check Alertmanager pod’s logs via kubectl -n monitoring logs alertmanager-0, -1 and -2.
  • Check the alertmanager secret via kubectl -n monitoring get secret alertmanager -o yaml.

PromAlertsFailed critical

sum(increase(alertmanager_notifications_failed_total{job="alertmanager"}[5m])) by (namespace) > 0

Alertmanager failed to send an alert.

Remediation steps:

  • Check Prometheus pod’s logs via kubectl -n monitoring logs prometheus-0 and -1.
  • Make sure the Alertmanager StatefulSet is running: kubectl -n monitoring get pods.

PromRemoteStorageFailures critical

(rate(prometheus_remote_storage_failed_samples_total{job="prometheus"}[1m]) * 100)
  /
(rate(prometheus_remote_storage_failed_samples_total{job="prometheus"}[1m]) + rate(prometheus_remote_storage_succeeded_samples_total{job="prometheus"}[1m]))
  > 1

Prometheus failed to send {{ printf “%.1f” $value }}% samples.

Remediation steps:

  • Ensure that the Prometheus volume has not reached capacity.
  • Check Prometheus pod’s logs via kubectl -n monitoring logs prometheus-0 and -1.

PromRuleFailures critical

rate(prometheus_rule_evaluation_failures_total{job="prometheus"}[1m]) > 0

Prometheus failed to evaluate {{ printf “%.1f” $value }} rules/sec.

Remediation steps:

  • Check Prometheus pod’s logs via kubectl -n monitoring logs prometheus-0 and -1.
  • Check CPU/memory pressure on the node.

Group thanos

ThanosSidecarDown warning

thanos_sidecar_prometheus_up != 1

The Thanos sidecar in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is down.

ThanosSidecarNoHeartbeat warning

time() - thanos_sidecar_last_heartbeat_success_time_seconds > 60

The Thanos sidecar in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} didn’t send a heartbeat in {{ $value }} seconds.

ThanosCompactorManyRetries warning

sum(rate(thanos_compactor_retries_total[5m])) > 0.01

The Thanos compactor in {{ $labels.namespace }} is experiencing a high retry rate.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the thanos-compact pod’s logs.

ThanosShipperManyDirSyncFailures warning

sum(rate(thanos_shipper_dir_sync_failures_total[5m])) > 0.01

The Thanos shipper in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is experiencing a high dir-sync failure rate.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the thanos containers’s logs inside the Prometheus pod.

ThanosManyPanicRecoveries warning

sum(rate(thanos_grpc_req_panics_recovered_total[5m])) > 0.01

The Thanos component in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is experiencing a panic recovery rate.

ThanosManyBlockLoadFailures warning

sum(rate(thanos_bucket_store_block_load_failures_total[5m])) > 0.01

The Thanos store in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is experiencing a many failed block loads.

ThanosManyBlockDropFailures warning

sum(rate(thanos_bucket_store_block_drop_failures_total[5m])) > 0.01

The Thanos store in {{ $labels.namespace }}/{{ $labels.pod }} is experiencing a many failed block drops.

Group velero

VeleroBackupTakesTooLong warning

(velero_backup_attempt_total - velero_backup_success_total) > 0

Backup schedule {{ $labels.schedule }} has been taking more than 60min already.

Remediation steps:

  • Check if a backup is really in “InProgress” state via velero -n velero backup get.
  • Check the backup logs via velero -n velero backup logs [BACKUP_NAME].
  • Depending on the backup, find the pod and check the processes inside that pod or any sidecar containers.

VeleroNoRecentBackup warning

time() - velero_backup_last_successful_timestamp{schedule!=""} > 3600*25

There has not been a successful backup for schedule {{ $labels.schedule }} in the last 24 hours.

Remediation steps:

  • Check if really no backups happened via velero -n velero backup get.
  • If a backup failed, check its logs via velero -n velero backup logs [BACKUP_NAME].
  • If a backup was not even triggered, check the Velero server’s logs via kubectl -n velero logs -l 'name=velero-server'.
  • Make sure the Velero server pod has not been rescheduled and possibly opt to schedule it on a stable node using a node affinity.

Group kubermatic

KubermaticAPIDown critical

absent(up{job="pods",namespace="kubermatic",role="kubermatic-api"} == 1)

KubermaticAPI has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the Prometheus Service Discovery page to find out why the target is unreachable.
  • Ensure that the API pod’s logs and that it is not crashlooping.

KubermaticAPITooManyErrors warning

sum(rate(http_requests_total{role="kubermatic-api",code=~"5.."}[5m])) > 0.1

Kubermatic API is returning a high rate of HTTP 5xx responses.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the API pod’s logs.

KubermaticAPITooManyInitNodeDeloymentFailures warning

sum(rate(kubermatic_api_init_node_deployment_failures[5m])) > 0.01

Kubermatic API is failing to create too many initial node deployments.

Group kubermatic

KubermaticTooManyUnhandledErrors warning

sum(rate(kubermatic_controller_manager_unhandled_errors_total[5m])) > 0.01

Kubermatic controller manager in {{ $labels.namespace }} is experiencing too many errors.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the controller-manager pod’s logs.

KubermaticClusterDeletionTakesTooLong warning

(time() - max by (cluster) (kubermatic_cluster_deleted)) > 30*60

Cluster {{ $labels.cluster }} is stuck in deletion for more than 30min.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the machine-controller’s logs via kubectl -n cluster-XYZ logs -l 'app=machine-controller' for errors related to cloud provider integrations. Expired credentials or manually deleted cloud provider resources are common reasons for failing deletions.
  • Check the cluster’s status itself via kubectl describe cluster XYZ.
  • If all resources have been cleaned up, remove the blocking finalizer (e.g. kubermatic.io/delete-nodes) from the cluster resource.
  • If nothing else helps, manually delete the cluster namespace as a last resort.

KubermaticAddonDeletionTakesTooLong warning

(time() - max by (cluster,addon) (kubermatic_addon_deleted)) > 30*60

Addon {{ $labels.addon }} in cluster {{ $labels.cluster }} is stuck in deletion for more than 30min.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the kubermatic controller-manager’s logs via kubectl -n kubermatic logs -l 'role=controller-manager' for errors related to deletion of the addon. Manually deleted resources inside of the user cluster is a common reason for failing deletions.
  • If all resources of the addon inside the user cluster have been cleaned up, remove the blocking finalizer (e.g. cleanup-manifests) from the addon resource.

KubermaticControllerManagerDown critical

absent(up{job="pods",namespace="kubermatic",role="controller-manager"} == 1)

KubermaticControllerManager has disappeared from Prometheus target discovery.

Remediation steps:

  • Check the Prometheus Service Discovery page to find out why the target is unreachable.
  • Ensure that the controller-manager pod’s logs and that it is not crashlooping.

OpenVPNServerDown critical

absent(kube_deployment_status_replicas_available{cluster!="",deployment="openvpn-server"} > 0) and count(kubermatic_cluster_info) > 0

There is no healthy OpenVPN server in cluster {{ $labels.cluster }}.

UserClusterPrometheusAbsent critical

(
  kubermatic_cluster_info * on (name) group_left
  label_replace(up{job="clusters"}, "name", "$1", "namespace", "cluster-(.+)")
  or
  kubermatic_cluster_info * 0
) == 0

There is no Prometheus in cluster {{ $labels.name }}.

KubermaticClusterPaused none

label_replace(kubermatic_cluster_info{pause="true"}, "cluster", "$0", "name", ".+")

Cluster {{ $labels.name }} has been paused and will not be reconciled until the pause flag is reset.

Group kube-controller-manager

KubeControllerManagerDown critical

absent(:ready_kube_controller_managers:sum) or :ready_kube_controller_managers:sum == 0

No healthy controller-manager pods exist inside the cluster.

Group kube-scheduler

KubeSchedulerDown critical

absent(:ready_kube_schedulers:sum) or :ready_kube_schedulers:sum == 0

No healthy scheduler pods exist inside the cluster.