diff --git a/doc/user/project/integrations/prometheus.md b/doc/user/project/integrations/prometheus.md index 3583c0554ee33f9d59d6529bed560bd2d538bc4a..56176da382f75dcce231f3508c85759f8a5da770 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/integrations/prometheus.md +++ b/doc/user/project/integrations/prometheus.md @@ -38,6 +38,23 @@ Once you have a connected Kubernetes cluster with Helm installed, deploying a ma ![Managed Prometheus Deploy](img/prometheus_deploy.png) +#### Getting metrics to display on the Metrics Dashboard + +After completing the steps above, you will also need deployments in order to view the +**Operations > Metrics** page. Setting up [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md) +will help you to quickly create a deployment: + +1. Navigate to your project's **Operations > Kubernetes** page, and ensure that, + in addition to "Prometheus" and "Helm Tiller", you also have "Runner" and "Ingress" + installed. Once "Ingress" is installed, copy its endpoint. +1. Navigate to your project's **Settings > CI/CD** page. In the Auto DevOps section, + select a deployment strategy and save your changes. +1. On the same page, in the Variables section, add a variable named `KUBE_INGRESS_BASE_DOMAIN` + with the value of the Ingress endpoint you have copied in the previous step. Leave the type + as "Variable". +1. Navigate to your project's **CI/CD > Pipelines** page, and run a pipeline on any branch. +1. When the pipeline has run successfully, graphs will be available on the **Operations > Metrics** page. + #### About managed Prometheus deployments Prometheus is deployed into the `gitlab-managed-apps` namespace, using the [official Helm chart](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus). Prometheus is only accessible within the cluster, with GitLab communicating through the [Kubernetes API](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/kubernetes-api/).