oneks_monitor_observations

OneKS Monitor Resource Observations

See OneKS Monitor Overview for an introduction to the component.

Resource observations allow selected Kubernetes fields to be displayed in OneKS. The monitor also reports Pending Pods automatically; no configuration is required for those observations.

Configuration

Custom observations are defined in the monitor.yaml entry of the oneks-resource-monitor ConfigMap. By default, the ConfigMap is located in the kube-system namespace.

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: oneks-resource-monitor
  namespace: kube-system
data:
  monitor.yaml: |
    - apiVersion: apps/v1
      resource: deployments
      namespace: capone-system
      name: capone-controller-manager
      path: status.readyReplicas

Apply the document with kubectl:

kubectl apply -f oneks-resource-monitor.yaml

The monitor reloads the configuration automatically during its next resource poll.

Observation fields

Each entry supports the following fields:

Field	Required	Description
apiVersion	Yes	Kubernetes API version, for example apps/v1.
resource	Yes	Plural API resource name, for example deployments.
namespace	No	Resource namespace. Leave empty for a cluster-scoped resource.
name	Yes	Name of the Kubernetes resource.
path	Yes	Dot-separated path to the field to observe.

The selected value must be one of these scalar types:

• String.
• Integer or floating-point number.
• Boolean.
• null.

Objects and arrays cannot be reported as observation values.

If the configured Kubernetes object or field does not exist, the monitor reports a null value. The creation timestamp is also reported when the object exists.

Examples

Deployment ready replicas

- apiVersion: apps/v1
  resource: deployments
  namespace: capone-system
  name: capone-controller-manager
  path: status.readyReplicas

Node schedulability

The namespace is empty because Nodes are cluster-scoped:

- apiVersion: v1
  resource: nodes
  namespace: ""
  name: worker-0
  path: spec.unschedulable

Custom resource status

Use the resource's API version and plural API name, not its kind:

- apiVersion: example.com/v1
  resource: services
  namespace: default
  name: example-service
  path: status.ready

Multiple observations

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: oneks-resource-monitor
  namespace: kube-system
data:
  monitor.yaml: |
    - apiVersion: apps/v1
      resource: deployments
      namespace: capone-system
      name: capone-controller-manager
      path: status.readyReplicas

    - apiVersion: v1
      resource: nodes
      namespace: ""
      name: worker-0
      path: spec.unschedulable

Validate the configuration

Inspect the active ConfigMap:

kubectl -n kube-system get configmap oneks-resource-monitor -o yaml

Review the monitor logs after changing it:

kubectl -n kube-system logs deployment/oneks-monitor

If a new document is invalid, the monitor logs the error and keeps using the last valid configuration. It does not publish a partial snapshot when one of the configured resources cannot be read.

Permissions

The monitor has read-only Kubernetes permissions. The requested resource must be readable by the oneks-monitor ServiceAccount.

If an observation for a custom resource fails with a permission error, grant only the required get, list, and watch permissions. Do not grant write permissions or access to Secrets merely to create an observation.

Related documentation

• Installation and Configuration
• Troubleshooting