Kubernetes is one of the most popular choices for container management and automation today. A highly efficient Kubernetes setup generates innumerable new metrics every day, making monitoring cluster health quite challenging. You might find yourself sifting through several different metrics without being entirely sure which ones are the most insightful and warrant utmost attention.

As daunting a task as this may seem, you can hit the ground running by knowing which of these metrics provide the right kind of insights into the health of your Kubernetes clusters. Although there are observability platforms to help you monitor your Kubernetes clusters’ right metrics, knowing exactly which ones to watch will help you stay on top of your monitoring needs. In this article, we take you through a few Kubernetes health metrics that top our list.

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