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In this article:

  • Container metrics
  • Master metrics
  • Node metrics
  • Pod metrics
  • Persistent volume metrics

Yandex Monitoring metric reference

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at April 28, 2025
  • Container metrics
  • Master metrics
  • Node metrics
  • Pod metrics
  • Persistent volume metrics

This section describes Managed Service for Kubernetes metrics delivered to Monitoring.

The name label contains the metric name.

All Managed Service for Kubernetes metrics share the service=managed-kubernetes label.

Container metricsContainer metrics

Labels shared by all container metrics:

Label Value
cluster_id Cluster ID
container Container name
namespace Namespace name
pod Pod name

Container metrics:

Name
Type, units
Description
container.cpu.core_usage_time
COUNTER, milliseconds
Total CPU usage on all cores used by the container
container.cpu.limit_cores
DGAUGE, %
Limit on the number of CPU cores in the container
container.cpu.limit_utilization
DGAUGE, %
Container CPU limit utilization
container.cpu.request_cores
DGAUGE, %
Number of CPU cores requested by the container
container.cpu.request_utilization
DGAUGE, %
Utilization of CPU cores requested by the container
container.ephemeral_storage.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral storage usage
container.memory.limit_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Container memory size limit
container.memory.limit_utilization
DGAUGE, %
Container memory limit utilization
container.memory.page_fault_count
COUNTER, bytes
Memory page faults, broken down by type: major and minor.
Additional labels: fault_type.
container.memory.request_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Memory requested by the container
container.memory.request_utilization
DGAUGE, %
Utilization of memory requested by the container
container.memory.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Used container memory
container.memory.working_set_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Used container working set memory
container.restart_count
COUNTER, count
Number of container restarts
container.uptime_seconds
DGAUGE, milliseconds
Container uptime since its start

Master metricsMaster metrics

Labels shared by all master metrics:

Label Value
cluster_id Cluster ID
host Cluster ID

Master metrics:

Name
Type, units
Description
master.cpu.utilization_percent
DGAUGE, %
CPU utilization
master.memory.utilization_percent
DGAUGE, %
Memory utilization

Node metricsNode metrics

Labels shared by all node metrics:

Label Value
cluster_id Cluster ID
node Node name

Node metrics:

Name
Type, units
Description
node.cpu.allocatable_cores
DGAUGE, %
CPU resources available on the node
node.cpu.core_usage_time
COUNTER, milliseconds
Total CPU load across all cores utilized by the node
node.cpu.total_cores
DGAUGE, count
Total number of node processor cores
node.ephemeral_storage.allocatable_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral storage available on the node
node.ephemeral_storage.inodes_free
IGAUGE, count
Number of free inodes
node.ephemeral_storage.inodes_total
IGAUGE, count
Total inodes
node.ephemeral_storage.total_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral storage size
node.ephemeral_storage.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral storage used by the node
node.memory.allocatable_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
RAM available on the node
node.memory.total_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Total node memory
node.memory.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Memory used by the node
node.memory.working_set_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Used node working set memory
node.network.received_bytes_count
COUNTER, bytes
Inbound traffic (bytes received from the network)
node.network.sent_bytes_count
COUNTER, bytes
Outbound traffic (bytes sent to the network)
node.pid.limit
IGAUGE, count
Node process ID limit
node.pid.used
IGAUGE, count
Process IDs used in the node

Pod metricsPod metrics

Labels shared by all pod metrics:

Label Value
cluster_id Cluster ID
namespace Namespace name
pod Pod name

Pod metrics:

Name
Type, units
Description
pod.cpu.core_usage_time
COUNTER, milliseconds
Total CPU usage on all cores used by the pod
pod.ephemeral_storage.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral storage used by the pod
pod.memory.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Memory used by the pod
pod.memory.working_set_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Used pod working set memory
pod.network.received_bytes_count
COUNTER, bytes
Inbound traffic (bytes received from the network)
pod.network.sent_bytes_count
COUNTER, bytes
Outbound traffic (bytes sent to the network)
pod.volume.total_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Total size of the ephemeral volume.
Additional labels: volume.
pod.volume.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Ephemeral volume usage.
Additional labels: volume.
pod.volume.utilization
DGAUGE, %
Ephemeral volume utilization.
Additional labels: volume.

Persistent volume metricsPersistent volume metrics

Labels shared by all persistent volume metrics:

Label Value
cluster_id Cluster ID
namespace Namespace name
persistentvolumeclaim PVC name

Persistent volume metrics:

Name
Type, units
Description
persistent_volume.inodes_free
IGAUGE, count
Number of free inodes
persistent_volume.inodes_total
IGAUGEE, count
Total inodes
persistent_volume.total_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Total size of the persistent volume
persistent_volume.used_bytes
IGAUGE, bytes
Persistent volume usage
persistent_volume.utilization
DGAUGE, %
Persistent volume utilization

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