Kubernetes Metrics Server

User guide

You can find the user guide in the official Kubernetes documentation.

Design

The detailed design of the project can be found in the following docs:

• Metrics API
• Metrics Server

For the broader view of monitoring in Kubernetes take a look into Monitoring architecture

Deployment

Compatibility matrix:

Metrics Server	Metrics API group/version	Supported Kubernetes version
0.2.x	metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1	1.8+
0.1.x	metrics/v1alpha1	1.7

In order to deploy metrics-server in your cluster run the following command from the top-level directory of this repository:

# Kubernetes 1.7
$ kubectl create -f deploy/1.7/

# Kubernetes > 1.8
$ kubectl create -f deploy/1.8+/