Cluster observability

Monitor pod status, node resource usage, and cluster-wide infrastructure metrics in real time from the Porter Infrastructure dashboard

Porter provides built-in observability for your cluster infrastructure through the Infrastructure dashboard. Access it by clicking Infrastructure in the left sidebar.

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Pods

The Pods tab provides a real-time view of all pods running in your cluster.

• Search: Filter pods by name
• Filters: Filter by status or namespace

Each pod displays:

Column	Description
Pod name	The name of the pod
Namespace	Kubernetes namespace (e.g., kube-system, default)
Status	Current state (Running, Pending, Failed, etc.)
Ready	Container readiness (e.g., 1/1)
Restarts	Number of container restarts
CPU	CPU usage
Memory	Memory usage
Memory %	Percentage of memory limit used
Age	Time since pod creation

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Nodes

The Nodes tab shows your cluster’s node groups and individual nodes.

Node Groups View

The default view displays all node groups:

Column	Description
Node group	Name of the node group (e.g., default, monitoring, system)
Instance type	The machine type for nodes in this group
Utilization	Visual indicator of resource usage
Actions	Link to view detailed metrics

Individual Nodes View

Click on a node group to see individual nodes:

• Node name: The cloud provider’s node identifier
• Node group: Which node group this node belongs to
• Instance type: The machine type
• CPU: CPU utilization shown as utilized (yellow) vs reserved (blue)
• Memory: Memory utilization shown as utilized (yellow) vs reserved (blue)
• Status: Node health status (Ready, NotReady)

Click Metrics > on any node group to view historical instance counts over time.

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Integrating External Monitoring

For application-level monitoring and alerting, integrate with external observability platforms:

Datadog

Full-stack monitoring with APM, logs, and infrastructure metrics

New Relic

Application performance monitoring and alerting

Grafana

Dashboards and visualization for metrics and logs

See Third party observability or reach out to support for more information.