wavefront-adapter-for-istio

Wavefront by VMware Adapter for Istio

Wavefront by VMware Adapter for Istio is an adapter for Istio to publish metrics to Wavefront by VMware.

Introduction

This chart will deploy the Wavefront by VMware Adapter for Istio into kubernetes cluster.

Prerequisites

To deploy this adapter, you will need a cluster with the following setup.

• Kubernetes v1.15+
• Istio v1.4, v1.5 or v1.6
• Helm v3.2+

Note: From Istio v1.5.x onwards Mixer is disabled by default. Enable Mixer with the following step:

Istio v1.5.x

istioctl manifest apply --set values.prometheus.enabled=true --set values.telemetry.v1.enabled=true --set values.telemetry.v2.enabled=false --set components.citadel.enabled=true --set components.telemetry.enabled=true

Istio v1.6.x

istioctl install --set values.prometheus.enabled=true --set values.telemetry.v1.enabled=true --set values.telemetry.v2.enabled=false --set components.citadel.enabled=true --set components.telemetry.enabled=true

Installation

Helm 3+

If not already done, create a namespace to install this chart

kubectl create namespace wavefront-istio

helm install wavefront-adapter-for-istio wavefront/wavefront-adapter-for-istio --namespace wavefront-istio \
    --set wavefront.wavefront.url=https://<YOUR_CLUSTER>.wavefront.com \
    --set wavefront.wavefront.token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Configuration

The values.yaml file contains information about all configuration options for this chart.

The options wavefront.wavefront.url and wavefront.wavefront.token are required if the proxy.enabled is set to true or adapter.useProxy is set to false.

Parameters

The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the Wavefront by VMware Adapter for Istio chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
wavefront.wavefront.url	Wavefront URL for your cluster	https://YOUR_CLUSTER.wavefront.com
wavefront.wavefront.token	Wavefront API Token	YOUR_API_TOKEN
image.repository	Istio adapter image registry and name	vmware/wavefront-adapter-for-istio
image.tag	istio adapter image tag	{TAG_NAME}
image.pullPolicy	Istio adapter image pull policy	Always
adapter.useProxy	Use a Wavefront Proxy to send metrics through if set to false, we assume direct ingestion	true
adapter.proxyAddress	Non-default Wavefront Proxy address to use, should only be set when proxy.enabled is false	nil
adapter.logLevel	The log level (one of error, warn, info, debug, or none)	info
adapter.istioNamespace	Namespace into which Istio is installed	istio-system
proxy.enabled	Setup and enable Wavefront proxy to send metrics through	true
metrics.flushInterval	How often to force a metrics flush	5s
metrics.source	The source tag for all metrics handled by this adapter	istio
metrics.prefix	The prefix to prepend all metrics handled by the adapter	istio
metrics.http	Flag to enable/disable http metrics collection	true
metrics.tcp	Flag to enable/disable tcp metrics collection	true