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In this tutorial, I will help you set up and deploy kwatch on your Kubernetes\ncluster to monitor Persistent Volumes (PV) usage and detect crashes in your running apps.

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Plus, integrate with Teams to get notified on a channel when volume usage is higher than a threshold.

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You can integrate with your favorite channel as\nkwatch supports integrations with (Slack,\nDiscord, Email, PagerDuty, Telegram, Rocket Chat, Mattermost, Opsgenie, Matrix,\nDingTalk, FeiShu, And Custom webhook).

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Configure kwatch with Teams​

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Step 1: Get webhook

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First of all, we need to get the webhook URL of the channel you want the notification to be received on it.\n(Here\nis how to get it)

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Step 2: Get Configuration

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Get the configuration template

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curl  -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.10.5/deploy/config.yaml -o config.yaml
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Step 3: Edit config.yaml with the corresponding config

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apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: kwatch
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: kwatch
  namespace: kwatch
data:
  config.yaml: |
    alert:
      teams:
        webhook: WEBHOOK_URL
    pvcMonitor:
      enabled: true
      interval: 5
      threshold: 70
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For more configurations check here

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Step 4: Apply Configuration

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kubectl apply -f config.yaml
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Deploy kwatch​

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Deploy kwatch on your cluster with one command

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kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.10.5/deploy/deploy.yaml
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After deploying you will get notified on the channel that kwatch has started\nsuccessfully. Now, kwatch is monitoring your volumes and apps!

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Here is an example of kwatch messages when volume usage exceeds the threshold

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We are happy to hear feedback from you and if you have any request, or suggestion don't hesitate to ping us on our channels (Discord, GitHub)

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We are glad to announce that kwatch hit +100k downloads 🚀 since its release!

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kwatch helps you monitor all changes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster, detects crashes in your running apps in realtime, and publishes notifications to your channels (Slack, Discord, etc.) instantly

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First of all, Big thanks to our contributors for their contributions to improving and implementing new features in kwatch

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Also, we want to thank our users who rely on kwatch for monitoring and detecting crashes in their clusters.

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🎯 Next steps​

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Currently, we are working on preparing a clear roadmap for kwatch, and open issues/requests will be taken into consideration as your requests have a higher priority.

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If you have suggestions, requests, or feedback, don't hesitate to ping us on any of our channels

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✏️ Contributing to kwatch​

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Anyone can contribute to kwatch! newcomers are always welcome to contribute to kwatch, and we are happy to offer help to newcomers

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There are many ways to contribute​

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📎 Articles mentioning kwatch​

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We are glad to announce that v0.6.0 of kwatch is released! 🎉🎉🎉

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🚀 What's New​

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🧰 Maintenance​

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⬆️ How to Upgrade​

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There are no breaking changes, just deploy the new version from any previous version using

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kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.6.0/deploy/deploy.yaml
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🌟 New Contributors​

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If you like kwatch, give it a star on GitHub!

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We are glad to announce that v0.5.0 of kwatch is released! 🎉🎉🎉

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🚀 What's New​

\n\n

🧰 Maintenance​

\n\n

⬆️ How to Upgrade​

\n

There are no breaking changes, just deploy the new version from any previous version using

\n
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.5.0/deploy/deploy.yaml
\n

🌟 New Contributors​

\n\n

If you like kwatch, give it a star on GitHub!

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We are glad to announce that v0.4.0 of kwatch is released! 🎉🎉🎉

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🚀 What's New​

\n\n

🐛 Bug Fixes​

\n\n

🧰 Maintenance​

\n\n

⬆️ How to Upgrade​

\n

There are no breaking changes, just deploy the new version from any previous version using

\n
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.4.0/deploy/deploy.yaml
\n

🌟 New Contributors​

\n\n

If you like kwatch, give it a star on GitHub!

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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

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Configure PagerDuty​

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Step 1: Create a new service​

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

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\"2\"

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Step 3: Add an Escalation Policy​

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\"3\"

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

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\"4\"

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

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Configure kwatch​

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Step 1: Get the configuration template​

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curl  -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.3.0/deploy/config.yaml -o config.yaml
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Step 2: Edit config.yaml file and add the Integration Key​

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apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: kwatch
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: kwatch
  namespace: kwatch
data:
  config.yaml: |
    alert:
      pagerduty:
        integrationKey: <integration_key>
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Step 3: Apply the configuration​

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kubectl apply -f config.yaml
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Deploy kwatch​

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kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.3.0/deploy/deploy.yaml
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You will now start receiving PagerDuty alerts whenever there is a pod crash in your Kubernetes (K8s) cluster!\n\"6\"

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If you like kwatch, give it a star on GitHub!

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What is kwatch?​

\n

kwatch is an open-source project that started late in 2021.\nIt aims to help you monitor all changes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster,\ndetect crashes in your running apps, and publish notifications to your favorite channels (Slack, Discord, etc.) in real-time.

\n

In this tutorial, I will help you setup and deploy kwatch on your Kubernetes cluster.\nPlus, integrate with Slack to get notified on a channel when there is a crash in your apps.

\n

Configure kwatch with Slack​

\n

First of all, we need to get the webhook URL of the channel you want the notification to be received on it.

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If you know how to generate the webhook URL you can escape this part and go to the configuration section.

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Step 1: create a new slack channel (if you don't have one already)

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Step 2: Go to https://api.slack.com/apps and create an app from scratch and connect it with your workplace

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Step 3: Create an incoming webhook and activate it

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Step 4: Connect it to you channel

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Finally we have the webhook URL for the channel!

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Step 5: Get Configuration

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Get the configuration template

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

Step 6: Edit config.yaml with the corresponding configs

\n
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: kwatch
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: kwatch
  namespace: kwatch
data:
  config.yaml: |
    alert:
      slack:
        webhook: WEBHOOK_URL
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Step 7: Apply Configuration

\n
kubectl apply -f config.yaml
\n

Deploy kwatch​

\n

Deploy kwatch on your cluster with one command

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

After deploying you will get notified on the channel that kwatch has started successfully. Now, kwatch is monitoring your apps!

\n

\n

Here is an example of kwatch messages when a crash is detected.

\n

\n

If you like kwatch, give it a star on GitHub!

\n

We are happy to hear feedback from you and if you have any request, or suggestion don't hesitate to ping us on our channels (Discord, GitHub)

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kwatch helps you monitor all changes in your Kubernetes(K8s) cluster,\ndetects crashes in your running apps in realtime,\nand publishes notifications to your channels (Slack, Discord, etc.) instantly

", "url": "https://kwatch.dev/blog/what-is-kwatch", "title": "What is kwatch?", "summary": "kwatch is a Kubernetes crash monitoring tool that detects pod crashes in real time and sends alerts to Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and more with plain-English explanations", "date_modified": "2022-01-05T00:00:00.000Z", "author": { "name": "Abdelrahman Ahmed", "url": "https://github.com/abahmed" }, "tags": [ "kwatch", "kubernetes" ] } ] }