Openshift KPIs

Overview

End-to-end observability for Openshift clusters, covering cluster health, nodes, namespaces, pods, containers, services, jobs, controllers, and storage. These KPIs are normalized for dashboards, SLOs, capacity planning, and automated remediation.

Cluster Health & Global Utilization

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.health.status	Overall cluster health status	String
kubernetes.liveness.probe	Liveness probe status summary	String
kubernetes.readiness.probe	Readiness probe status summary	String
kubernetes.cpu.percent	Cluster-level CPU utilization	Percent
kubernetes.memory.percent	Cluster-level memory utilization	Percent
kubernetes.memory.capacity.bytes	Total cluster memory capacity	Bytes
kubernetes.memory.available.bytes	Available cluster memory	Bytes
kubernetes.master.nodes	Count of master/control-plane nodes	Count
kubernetes.worker.nodes	Count of worker nodes	Count

Nodes – Capacity, Utilization & Roles

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.nodes	Total nodes in cluster	Count
kubernetes.node	Node row (tabular)	String
kubernetes.node.ip	Node IP address	String
kubernetes.node.status	Node status (Ready/NotReady/etc.)	String
kubernetes.node.type	Node type (master/worker/etc.)	String
kubernetes.node.creation.time	Node creation time	Timestamp
kubernetes.node.pods	Pods scheduled on node	Count
kubernetes.node.cpu.allocatable.cores	Allocatable CPU cores	Count
kubernetes.node.memory.allocatable.bytes	Allocatable memory	Bytes
kubernetes.node.ephemeral.storage.allocatable.bytes	Allocatable ephemeral storage	Bytes
kubernetes.node.allocatable.pods	Max allocatable pods	Count
kubernetes.node.containers	Containers scheduled on node	Count
kubernetes.node.container.runtime.version	Container runtime version	String
kubernetes.node.memory.used.bytes	Node memory used	Bytes
kubernetes.node.memory.available.bytes	Node memory available	Bytes
kubernetes.node.cpu.used.cores	CPU cores currently used	Count
kubernetes.node.cpu.limit.percent	CPU limits requested vs allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.node.cpu.request.percent	CPU requests vs allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.node.memory.limit.percent	Memory limits vs allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.node.memory.request.percent	Memory requests vs allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.node.cpu.percent	Node CPU utilization	Percent
kubernetes.node.memory.percent	Node memory utilization	Percent

Namespaces – Workload Distribution & Health

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.namespaces	Total namespaces	Count
kubernetes.namespace	Namespace row	String
kubernetes.namespace.status	Namespace status	String
kubernetes.namespace.pods	Total pods in namespace	Count
kubernetes.namespace.running.pods	Running pods	Count
kubernetes.namespace.succeeded.pods	Succeeded pods	Count
kubernetes.namespace.pending.pods	Pending pods	Count
kubernetes.namespace.failed.pods	Failed pods	Count
kubernetes.namespace.unknown.pods	Pods in unknown state	Count
kubernetes.namespace.creation.time	Namespace creation time	Timestamp

Pods – Lifecycle & Resource Governance

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.pods	Total pods in cluster	Count
kubernetes.pod	Pod row	String
kubernetes.pod.name	Pod name	String
kubernetes.pod.namespace	Pod namespace	String
kubernetes.pod.containers	Container count in pod	Count
kubernetes.pod.status	Pod phase/status	String
kubernetes.pod.ip.address	Pod IP address	String
kubernetes.pod.type	Pod type (normal/daemonset/job/etc.)	String
kubernetes.pod.application	Application label / owner	String
kubernetes.pod.restarts	Total restarts across containers	Count
kubernetes.pod.creation.time	Pod creation time	Timestamp
kubernetes.pod.persistent.volume	Attached persistent volume(s)	String
kubernetes.pod.node.name	Node hosting the pod	String
kubernetes.pod.cpu.limit.percent	Sum of CPU limits / node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.pod.cpu.request.percent	Sum of CPU requests / node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.pod.memory.limit.percent	Sum of memory limits / node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.pod.memory.request.percent	Sum of memory requests / node allocatable	Percent

Containers – Scheduling, Status & Utilization

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.containers	Total containers in cluster	Count
kubernetes.container	Container row	String
kubernetes.container.name	Container name	String
kubernetes.container.node.name	Node hosting the container	String
kubernetes.container.image	Container image	String
kubernetes.container.status	Container status	String
kubernetes.container.creation.time	Container creation time	Timestamp
kubernetes.container.pod.name	Parent pod name	String
kubernetes.container.restarts	Restart count	Count
kubernetes.container.ports	Exposed ports	String
kubernetes.container.volume.mounts	Volume mounts	String
kubernetes.container.cpu.limit.percent	CPU limit vs node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.container.cpu.request.percent	CPU request vs node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.container.memory.limit.percent	Memory limit vs node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.container.memory.request.percent	Memory request vs node allocatable	Percent
kubernetes.container.cpu.percent	Runtime CPU utilization	Percent
kubernetes.container.memory.bytes	Runtime memory usage	Bytes

Services – Exposure & Routing

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.services	Total services	Count
kubernetes.service	Service row	String
kubernetes.service.name	Service name	String
kubernetes.service.namespace	Service namespace	String
kubernetes.service.application	Application / owner	String
kubernetes.service.type	Service type (ClusterIP/NodePort…)	String
kubernetes.service.cluster.ip.address	Cluster IP	String
kubernetes.service.ports	Exposed ports	String
kubernetes.service.creation.time	Service creation time	Timestamp

Cluster Components – Control Plane Health

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.components	Total control-plane components	Count
kubernetes.component	Component row	String
kubernetes.component.status	Component status (Healthy/Unhealthy)	String
kubernetes.component.message	Health message / reason	String

Jobs – Batch Workloads

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.jobs	Total jobs	Count
kubernetes.job	Job row	String
kubernetes.job.name	Job name	String
kubernetes.job.namespace	Job namespace	String
kubernetes.job.status	Job status (Active/Succeeded/Failed)	String
kubernetes.job.started.time	Job start time	Timestamp
kubernetes.job.completion.time	Job completion time	Timestamp
kubernetes.job.duration	Job duration	Seconds

Workload Controllers – DaemonSets, StatefulSets, ReplicaSets, Deployments

DaemonSets

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.daemon.sets	Total DaemonSets	Count
kubernetes.daemon.set	DaemonSet row	String
kubernetes.daemon.set.name	DaemonSet name	String
kubernetes.daemon.set.namespace	Namespace	String
kubernetes.daemon.set.node.selector	Node selector	String
kubernetes.daemon.set.creation.time	Creation time	Timestamp
kubernetes.daemon.set.ready.replicas	Ready pods	Count
kubernetes.daemon.set.desired.replicas	Desired pods	Count
kubernetes.daemon.set.available.replicas	Available pods	Count
kubernetes.daemon.set.current.replicas	Current pods	Count
kubernetes.daemon.set.updated.replicas	Updated pods	Count

StatefulSets

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.stateful.sets	Total StatefulSets	Count
kubernetes.stateful.set	StatefulSet row	String
kubernetes.stateful.set.name	StatefulSet name	String
kubernetes.stateful.set.namespace	Namespace	String
kubernetes.stateful.set.replicas	Desired replicas	Count
kubernetes.stateful.set.ready.replicas	Ready replicas	Count
kubernetes.stateful.set.current.replicas	Current replicas	Count
kubernetes.stateful.set.updated.replicas	Updated replicas	Count
kubernetes.stateful.set.service	Headless/service name	String
kubernetes.stateful.set.creation.time	Creation time	Timestamp

ReplicaSets

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.replica.sets	Total ReplicaSets	Count
kubernetes.replica.set	ReplicaSet row	String
kubernetes.replica.set.name	ReplicaSet name	String
kubernetes.replica.set.namespace	Namespace	String
kubernetes.replica.set.ready.replicas	Ready replicas	Count
kubernetes.replica.set.desired.replicas	Desired replicas	Count
kubernetes.replica.set.current.replicas	Current replicas	Count

Deployments

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.deployments	Total Deployments	Count
kubernetes.deployment	Deployment row	String
kubernetes.deployment.name	Deployment name	String
kubernetes.deployment.namespace	Namespace	String
kubernetes.deployment.ready.replicas	Ready replicas	Count
kubernetes.deployment.replicas	Desired replicas	Count
kubernetes.deployment.available.replicas	Available replicas	Count

Persistent Volumes (PV)

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.persistent.volumes	Total PersistentVolumes	Count
kubernetes.persistent.volume	PersistentVolume row	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.mode	Volume mode (Filesystem/Block)	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.status	Phase/status	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.access.mode	Access mode (RWO/RWX/ROX)	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.storage.class	StorageClass name	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.bound.claim.name	Bound PVC name	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.bound.claim.namespace	Bound PVC namespace	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.storage.capacity.bytes	Provisioned capacity	Bytes
kubernetes.persistent.volume.creation.time	PV creation time	Timestamp

Persistent Volume Claims

Metric	Description	Type
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claims	Total PVCs	Count
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim	PVC row	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.name	PVC name	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.namespace	PVC namespace	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.status	PVC status (Bound/Pending/etc.)	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.access.mode	Access mode	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.storage.capacity.bytes	Bound volume capacity	Bytes
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.bound.volume	Bound PV name	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.bound.volume.mode	Bound PV mode (Filesystem/Block)	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.storage.class	StorageClass name	String
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.creation.time	PVC creation time	Timestamp
kubernetes.persistent.volume.claim.storage.requested.bytes	Requested storage	Bytes