Kubernetes data collector

The Kubernetes data collector manages the collection, enrichment, and dispatch of Kubernetes topology, event, and performance data. You can install the data collector directly on your IBM® Cloud App Management cluster, on a remote cluster, or both.

The data collector is installed on each Kubernetes cluster that you want to monitor. You can deploy the Kubernetes data collector on OpenShift and IBM Cloud Private platforms either by running an Ansible script or by entering the commands manually.

The illustration shows the data flow of metrics and events from the Kubernetes workloads to the K8Monitor component.