pod-usage-in-grafana.md

# How To Monitor Pod Resource Using Grafana

1. Log in to Grafana url with credentials \
    To Get Grafana credentials: \
    Username:

    ```shell
    kubectl get  secret monitoring-monitoring-grafana  -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-user}' | base64 -d
    ```

    Password:

    ```shell
    kubectl get  secret monitoring-monitoring-grafana  -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-password}' | base64 -d
    ```

    Or [review password value within helm chart](https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/apps/core/monitoring/-/blob/main/chart/values.yaml#L708)

1. Once logged in and directed to the home page, click the menu Dashboard and then select Manage. \
     ![Manage Dashboard Screenshot](../../assets/imgs/guides/grafana-dashboard-manage.jpeg)
1. From the Dashboard select Kubernetes/Compute Resource / Pod . \
     This creates a dashboard to monitor the pod resource CPU Usage, CPU Throttling, CPU quota, Memory Usage, Memory Quota, etc. \
     ![Pod Resource Grafana Screenshot](../../assets/imgs/guides/grafana-dashboard.jpeg)