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Detect crashes in your Kubernetes cluster using kwatch and PagerDuty

· One min read
Amgad Ramses
Amgad Ramses
Maintainer of kwatch

In this article you will learn how to setup and deploy kwatch in your Kubernetes (K8s) cluster to monitor and receive real time crash alerts through PagerDuty

Configure PagerDuty​

Step 1: Create a new service​

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Step 2: Give your service a Name and a Description​

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Step 3: Add an Escalation Policy​

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Step 4: Make sure to add the Events API V2 Integration​

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Step 5: Navigate to your service and copy the Integration Key​

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Configure kwatch​

Step 1: Get the configuration template​

curl  -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.3.0/deploy/config.yaml -o config.yaml

Step 2: Edit config.yaml file and add the Integration Key​

apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: kwatch
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: kwatch
  namespace: kwatch
data:
  config.yaml: |
    alert:
      pagerduty:
        integrationKey: <integration_key>

Step 3: Apply the configuration​

kubectl apply -f config.yaml

Deploy kwatch​

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.3.0/deploy/deploy.yaml

You will now start receiving PagerDuty alerts whenever there is a pod crash in your Kubernetes (K8s) cluster! 6

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