Streamlining Kubernetes Cost Management with the New OpenCost Plugin for Headlamp
OpenCost is one of CNCF's leading open-source projects that offers real-time native cost monitoring for Kubernetes environments, providing visibility to developers and companies on the costs linked to their cloud-native applications. With OpenCost, one can trace the costs of single workloads, namespaces, and even particular labels in your Kubernetes cluster. The continuous granular cost visibility that OpenCost provides help in effectual usage of resources and better budgeting.
Given how useful OpenCost is, we created a Headlamp plugin for OpenCost to help Headlamp users track their cluster resource costs. This integration aims to solve the visibility problem between cost and cluster management, enabling developers to make more informed decisions.
If you don’t have Prometheus and OpenCost installed in your cluster and you are using Headlamp as a desktop app, you can use the App Catalog to install them. This can be done by accessing the Apps from the sidebar, after you enter your cluster in Headlamp, look for the Prometheus app that is distributed by the prometheus-community, click install and follow the instructions.
