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Installation

You can install kwatch into your kubernetes(k8s) cluster easily in one command

Step 1: Get Configuration​

Get the configuration template

curl  -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.9.5/deploy/config.yaml -o config.yaml

Here is an example of the configuration file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: kwatch
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: kwatch
  namespace: kwatch
data:
  config.yaml: |
    maxRecentLogLines: <optional_number_of_lines>
    ignoreFailedGracefulShutdown: <optional_boolean>
    alert:
      slack:
        webhook: <webhook_url>
      pagerduty:
        integrationKey: <integration_key>
      discord:
        webhook: <webhook_url>
      telegram:
          token: <token_key>
          chatId: <chat_id>
      teams:
          webhook: <webhook_url>
      rocketchat:
          webhook: <webhook_url>
      mattermost:
          webhook: <webhook_url>
      opsgenie:
        apiKey: <api_key>
    namespaces:
      - <optional_namespace>

It contains full configurations that kwatch might have.

you don't need to use all of them, check General Configuration and Channels

You need to update, or remove <...> this with your configuration and remove unused configs

Step 2: Apply Configuration​

Apply your configuration

kubectl apply -f config.yaml

Step 3: Deploy kwatch​

Deploy kwatch on your cluster with one command

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/abahmed/kwatch/v0.9.5/deploy/deploy.yaml