prometheus

Prometheus is a monitoring system and time series database. The Prometheus Helm chart automates deployment and configuration of Prometheus in Kubernetes clusters using Minimus images.

Prerequisites

A subscription to the Minimus images included in the chart
A running Kubernetes cluster (v1.19 or higher is recommended)
kubectl installed and configured
Helm v3.8 or higher for OCI support (Installation instructions)
Cluster Admin privileges

Try It Out

In this example we will deploy Prometheus on a Kubernetes cluster using the Minimus Prometheus Helm chart. Prometheus will provide a full monitoring stack with metric collection, alerting, and visualization out of the box.

Step 1: Start Cluster

If you have a cluster to work with, skip this step. Otherwise, start a Minikube cluster. Deployment instructions

Step 2: Create Secret

First, create a namespace:

kubectl create ns prometheus

Next, create a Kubernetes secret for the Minimus token so Helm will be able to pull images from the Minimus registry:

kubectl create secret docker-registry minimus-registry \
    --docker-server=reg.mini.dev \
    --docker-username=minimus \
    --docker-password={token} \
    --namespace=prometheus

Step 3: Deploy the Helm Chart

Deploy the Minimus Helm chart:

helm install my-prometheus oci://helm.mini.dev/prometheus \
  -n prometheus \
  --wait

If you want to override the chart's defaults, go to the Values tab, save a copy locally with your changes. Deploy the chart with your overrides using -f values.yaml:

helm install my-prometheus oci://helm.mini.dev/prometheus \
  -f values.yaml \
  -n prometheus \
  --wait

Step 4: Verify Prometheus is Running

Confirm the chart deployed successfully and all components started:

kubectl get pods -n prometheus

You should see output similar to:

NAME                                                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
my-prometheus-server-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx                      2/2     Running   0          2m
my-prometheus-prometheus-alertmanager-0                    1/1     Running   0          2m
my-prometheus-kube-state-metrics-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx           1/1     Running   0          2m
my-prometheus-prometheus-node-exporter-xxxxx               1/1     Running   0          2m
my-prometheus-prometheus-pushgateway-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx       1/1     Running   0          2m

Step 5: Test HTTP Endpoint

Forward the Prometheus server port to your local machine:

kubectl port-forward svc/my-prometheus-server 9090:80 -n prometheus

In another terminal, verify the health endpoint responds:

curl -sf http://localhost:9090/-/healthy

You should see:

Prometheus Server is Healthy.

Query the Prometheus API to confirm metric collection is working:

curl -s http://localhost:9090/api/v1/query?query=up | jq '.data.result | length'

A non-zero result confirms Prometheus is actively scraping targets.

Step 6: Clean Up

Uninstall the chart and delete the namespace to remove all resources:

helm uninstall my-prometheus -n prometheus
kubectl delete namespace prometheus