pod-metrics.md

Pod Metrics

Metric name	Metric type	Description	Unit (where applicable)	Labels/tags	Status
kube_pod_info	Gauge	Information about pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> host_ip=<host-ip> pod_ip=<pod-ip> node=<node-name> created_by_kind=<created_by_kind> created_by_name=<created_by_name> uid=<pod-uid> priority_class=<priority_class> host_network=<host_network>	STABLE
kube_pod_start_time	Gauge	Start time in unix timestamp for a pod	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_completion_time	Gauge	Completion time in unix timestamp for a pod	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_owner	Gauge	Information about the Pod's owner		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> owner_kind=<owner kind> owner_name=<owner name> owner_is_controller=<whether owner is controller> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_labels	Gauge	Kubernetes labels converted to Prometheus labels		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> label_POD_LABEL=<POD_LABEL> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_status_phase	Gauge	The pods current phase		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> phase=<Pending|Running|Succeeded|Failed|Unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the pod is ready to serve requests		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> condition=<true|false|unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_status_scheduled	Gauge	Describes the status of the scheduling process for the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> condition=<true|false|unknown> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_info	Gauge	Information about a container in a pod		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> image=<image-name> image_id=<image-id> container_id=<containerid> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_status_waiting	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-waiting-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_container_status_running	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in running state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_state_started	Gauge	Start time in unix timestamp for a pod container	seconds	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_status_terminated	Gauge	Describes whether the container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_status_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the last reason the container was in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<last-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_container_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the containers readiness check succeeded		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_status_restarts_total	Counter	The number of container restarts per container		container=<container-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> pod=<pod-name> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_container_resource_requests	Gauge	The number of requested request resource by a container	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_container_resource_limits	Gauge	The number of requested limit resource by a container	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> node=< node-name> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_overhead_cpu_cores	Gauge	The pod overhead in regards to cpu cores associated with running a pod	core	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_overhead_memory_bytes	Gauge	The pod overhead in regards to memory associated with running a pod	bytes	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_runtimeclass_name_info	Gauge	The runtimeclass associated with the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_created	Gauge	Unix creation timestamp	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_deletion_timestamp	Gauge	Unix deletion timestamp	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_restart_policy	Gauge	Describes the restart policy in use by this pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> type=<Always|Never|OnFailure> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_info	Gauge	Information about an init container in a pod		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> image=<image-name> image_id=<image-id> container_id=<containerid> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_status_waiting	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_status_waiting_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the init container is currently in waiting state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-waiting-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_status_running	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in running state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_status_terminated	Gauge	Describes whether the init container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_status_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the reason the init container is currently in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<container-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_status_last_terminated_reason	Gauge	Describes the last reason the init container was in terminated state		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<last-terminated-reason> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_status_ready	Gauge	Describes whether the init containers readiness check succeeded		container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_status_restarts_total	Counter	The number of restarts for the init container	integer	container=<container-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> pod=<pod-name> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested limit by an init container	cpu=<core> memory=<bytes>	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits_cpu_cores	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested limit by an init container	core	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits_memory_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of memory requested limit by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits_storage_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of storage requested limit by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_limits_ephemeral_storage_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of ephemeral-storage requested limit by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested by an init container	integer	resource=<resource-name> unit=<resource-unit> container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests_cpu_cores	Gauge	The number of CPU cores requested by an init container	core	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests_memory_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of memory requested by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests_storage_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of storage requested by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_init_container_resource_requests_ephemeral_storage_bytes	Gauge	Bytes of ephemeral-storage requested by an init container	bytes	container=<container-name> pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_info	Gauge	Information about persistentvolumeclaim volumes in a pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> volume=<volume-name> persistentvolumeclaim=<persistentvolumeclaim-claimname> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_spec_volumes_persistentvolumeclaims_readonly	Gauge	Describes whether a persistentvolumeclaim is mounted read only	bool	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> volume=<volume-name> persistentvolumeclaim=<persistentvolumeclaim-claimname> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_status_reason	Gauge	The pod status reasons		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> reason=<NodeLost|Evicted|UnexpectedAdmissionError> uid=<pod-uid>	EXPERIMENTAL
kube_pod_status_scheduled_time	Gauge	Unix timestamp when pod moved into scheduled status	seconds	pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE
kube_pod_status_unschedulable	Gauge	Describes the unschedulable status for the pod		pod=<pod-name> namespace=<pod-namespace> uid=<pod-uid>	STABLE

Useful metrics queries

How to retrieve non-standard Pod state

It is not straightforward to get the Pod states for certain cases like "Terminating" and "Unknown" since it is not stored behind a field in the Pod.Status.

So to mimic the logic used by the kubectl command line, you will need to compose multiple metrics.

For example:

• To get the list of pods that are in the Unknown state, you can run the following PromQL query: sum(kube_pod_status_phase{phase="Unknown"}) by (namespace, pod) or (count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * sum(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"}) by(namespace, pod))

• For Pods in Terminating state: count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * count(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"} == 0) by (namespace, pod)

Here is an example of a Prometheus rule that can be used to alert on a Pod that has been in the Terminated state for more than 5m.

groups:
- name: Pod state
  rules:
  - alert: PodsBlockInTerminatingState
    expr: count(kube_pod_deletion_timestamp) by (namespace, pod) * count(kube_pod_status_reason{reason="NodeLost"} == 0) by (namespace, pod) > 0
    for: 5m
    labels:
      severity: page
    annotations:
      summary: Pod {{labels.namespace}}/{{labels.pod}} block in Terminating state.