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Chapter 12. Using metering with OpenShift Serverless

As a cluster administrator, you can use metering to analyze what is happening in your OpenShift Serverless cluster.

For more information about metering on OpenShift Container Platform, see About metering.

12.1. Installing metering
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For information about installing metering on OpenShift Container Platform, see Installing Metering.

12.2. Data sources for Knative Serving metering
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The following data source examples show how Knative Serving can be configured for use with OpenShift Container Platform metering.

This example data source provides the accumulated CPU seconds used per Knative service over the report time period:

Example YAML

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: ReportDataSource
metadata:
  name: knative-service-cpu-usage
spec:
  prometheusMetricsImporter:
    query: >
      sum
          by(namespace,
             label_serving_knative_dev_service,
             label_serving_knative_dev_revision)
          (
            label_replace(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{container!="POD",container!="",pod!=""}[1m]), "pod", "$1", "pod", "(.*)")
            *
            on(pod, namespace)
            group_left(label_serving_knative_dev_service, label_serving_knative_dev_revision)
            kube_pod_labels{label_serving_knative_dev_service!=""}
          )
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This example data source provides the average memory consumption per Knative service over the report time period:

Example YAML

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: ReportDataSource
metadata:
  name: knative-service-memory-usage
spec:
  prometheusMetricsImporter:
    query: >
      sum
          by(namespace,
             label_serving_knative_dev_service,
             label_serving_knative_dev_revision)
          (
            label_replace(container_memory_usage_bytes{container!="POD", container!="",pod!=""}, "pod", "$1", "pod", "(.*)")
            *
            on(pod, namespace)
            group_left(label_serving_knative_dev_service, label_serving_knative_dev_revision)
            kube_pod_labels{label_serving_knative_dev_service!=""}
          )
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Procedure

  • Apply the ReportDataSources resource as a YAML file: 

    $ oc apply -f <datasource_name>.yaml
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    Example command

    $ oc apply -f knative-service-memory-usage.yaml
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12.3. Queries for Knative Serving metering
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The following query example resources reference the example data sources.

12.3.1. Query for CPU usage in Knative Serving
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Example YAML

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: ReportQuery
metadata:
  name: knative-service-cpu-usage
spec:
  inputs:
  - name: ReportingStart
    type: time
  - name: ReportingEnd
    type: time
  - default: knative-service-cpu-usage
    name: KnativeServiceCpuUsageDataSource
    type: ReportDataSource
  columns:
  - name: period_start
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: period_end
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: namespace
    type: varchar
    unit: kubernetes_namespace
  - name: service
    type: varchar
  - name: data_start
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: data_end
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: service_cpu_seconds
    type: double
    unit: cpu_core_seconds
  query: |
    SELECT
      timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingStart .Report.Inputs.ReportingStart| prestoTimestamp |}' AS period_start,
      timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingEnd .Report.Inputs.ReportingEnd | prestoTimestamp |}' AS period_end,
      labels['namespace'] as project,
      labels['label_serving_knative_dev_service'] as service,
      min("timestamp") as data_start,
      max("timestamp") as data_end,
      sum(amount * "timeprecision") AS service_cpu_seconds
    FROM {| dataSourceTableName .Report.Inputs.KnativeServiceCpuUsageDataSource |}
    WHERE "timestamp" >= timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingStart .Report.Inputs.ReportingStart | prestoTimestamp |}'
    AND "timestamp" < timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingEnd .Report.Inputs.ReportingEnd | prestoTimestamp |}'
    GROUP BY labels['namespace'],labels['label_serving_knative_dev_service']
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12.3.2. Query for memory usage in Knative Serving
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Example YAML

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: ReportQuery
metadata:
  name: knative-service-memory-usage
spec:
  inputs:
  - name: ReportingStart
    type: time
  - name: ReportingEnd
    type: time
  - default: knative-service-memory-usage
    name: KnativeServiceMemoryUsageDataSource
    type: ReportDataSource
  columns:
  - name: period_start
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: period_end
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: namespace
    type: varchar
    unit: kubernetes_namespace
  - name: service
    type: varchar
  - name: data_start
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: data_end
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: service_usage_memory_byte_seconds
    type: double
    unit: byte_seconds
  query: |
    SELECT
      timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingStart .Report.Inputs.ReportingStart| prestoTimestamp |}' AS period_start,
      timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingEnd .Report.Inputs.ReportingEnd | prestoTimestamp |}' AS period_end,
      labels['namespace'] as project,
      labels['label_serving_knative_dev_service'] as service,
      min("timestamp") as data_start,
      max("timestamp") as data_end,
      sum(amount * "timeprecision") AS service_usage_memory_byte_seconds
    FROM {| dataSourceTableName .Report.Inputs.KnativeServiceMemoryUsageDataSource |}
    WHERE "timestamp" >= timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingStart .Report.Inputs.ReportingStart | prestoTimestamp |}'
    AND "timestamp" < timestamp '{| default .Report.ReportingEnd .Report.Inputs.ReportingEnd | prestoTimestamp |}'
    GROUP BY labels['namespace'],labels['label_serving_knative_dev_service']
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  • Apply the query as a YAML file: 

    $ oc apply -f <query_name>.yaml
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    Example command

    $ oc apply -f knative-service-memory-usage.yaml
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12.4. Metering reports for Knative Serving
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You can run metering reports against Knative Serving by creating Report resources. Before you run a report, you must modify the input parameter within the Report resource to specify the start and end dates of the reporting period.

Example report YAML

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: knative-service-cpu-usage
spec:
  reportingStart: '2019-06-01T00:00:00Z'
1 

  reportingEnd: '2019-06-30T23:59:59Z'
2 

  query: knative-service-cpu-usage
3 

runImmediately: true
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1
Start date of the report, in ISO 8601 format.
2
End date of the report, in ISO 8601 format.
3
Either knative-service-cpu-usage for CPU usage report or knative-service-memory-usage for a memory usage report.

12.4.1. Running a metering report
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  1. Run the report by applying it as a YAML file: 

    $ oc apply -f <report_name>.yaml
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  2. Check the report: 

    $ oc get report
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    Example output

    NAME                        QUERY                       SCHEDULE   RUNNING    FAILED   LAST REPORT TIME       AGE
knative-service-cpu-usage   knative-service-cpu-usage              Finished            2019-06-30T23:59:59Z   10h
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