kubewatch is a Kubernetes watcher that currently publishes notification to Slack. Run it in your k8s cluster, and you will get event notifications in a slack channel.

TL;DR;

$ helm install stable/kubewatch

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a kubewatch deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

$ helm install stable/kubewatch --name my-release

The command deploys kubewatch on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The configuration section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

$ helm delete my-release

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the kubewatch chart and their default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
`global.imageRegistry`	Global Docker image registry	`nil`
`global.imagePullSecrets`	Global Docker registry secret names as an array	`[]` (does not add image pull secrets to deployed pods)
`affinity`	node/pod affinities	None
`image.registry`	Image registry	`docker.io`
`image.repository`	Image repository	`bitnami/kubewatch`
`image.tag`	Image tag	`{VERSION}`
`image.pullPolicy`	Image pull policy	`Always`
`nameOverride`	String to partially override kubewatch.fullname template with a string (will prepend the release name)	`nil`
`fullnameOverride`	String to fully override kubewatch.fullname template with a string	`nil`
`nodeSelector`	node labels for pod assignment	`{}`
`podAnnotations`	annotations to add to each pod	`{}`
`podLabels`	additional labesl to add to each pod	`{}`
`replicaCount`	desired number of pods	`1`
`rbac.create`	If true, create & use RBAC resources	`true`
`serviceAccount.create`	If true, create a serviceAccount	`true`
`serviceAccount.name`	existing ServiceAccount to use (ignored if rbac.create=true)	``
`resources`	pod resource requests & limits	`{}`
`slack.enabled`	Enable Slack notifications	`true`
`slack.channel`	Slack channel to notify	`""`
`slack.token`	Slack API token	`""`
`hipchat.enabled`	Enable HipChat notifications	`false`
`hipchat.url`	HipChat URL	`""`
`hipchat.room`	HipChat room to notify	`""`
`hipchat.token`	HipChat token	`""`
`mattermost.enabled`	Enable Mattermost notifications	`false`
`mattermost.channel`	Mattermost channel to notify	`""`
`mattermost.username`	Mattermost user to notify	`""`
`mattermost.url`	Mattermost URL	`""`
`flock.enabled`	Enable Flock notifications	`false`
`flock.url`	Flock URL	`""`
`webhook.enabled`	Enable Webhook notifications	`false`
`webhook.url`	Webhook URL	`""`
`tolerations`	List of node taints to tolerate (requires Kubernetes >= 1.6)	`[]`
`namespaceToWatch`	namespace to watch, leave it empty for watching all	`""`
`resourcesToWatch`	list of resources which kubewatch should watch and notify slack	`{pod: true, deployment: true}`
`resourcesToWatch.pod`	watch changes to Pods	`true`
`resourcesToWatch.deployment`	watch changes to Deployments	`true`
`resourcesToWatch.replicationcontroller`	watch changes to ReplicationControllers	`false`
`resourcesToWatch.replicaset`	watch changes to ReplicaSets	`false`
`resourcesToWatch.daemonset`	watch changes to DaemonSets	`false`
`resourcesToWatch.services`	watch changes to Services	`false`
`resourcesToWatch.job`	watch changes to Jobs	`false`
`resourcesToWatch.persistentvolume`	watch changes to PersistentVolumes	`false`

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

$ helm install stable/kubewatch --name my-release \
  --set=slack.channel="#bots",slack.token="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

$ helm install stable/kubewatch --name my-release -f values.yaml

Tip

: You can use the default values.yaml

Create a Slack bot

Open https://my.slack.com/services/new/bot to create a new Slack bot. The API token can be found on the edit page (it starts with xoxb-).

Invite the Bot to your channel by typing /join @name_of_your_bot in the Slack message area.