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Kubirds

Setup

Deployment

Helm

Manual

Scalability

Native to Kubernetes

Manual

Secret Management

Native to Kubernetes

Manual

Configuration

Kubernetes CRD
Web

Custom DSL

Topology Configuration

Horizontal - Kubernetes Labels

Hierarchical - Host/Service groups, Host/Service

Templating

Helm
Third-party engine using kubectl
Third-party Kubernetes Operator
Integrated (soon)

Third-party engine

Features

Custom Check

Any Docker Image

Executable file with specific output

Custom Notification

Any Docker Image

Any command on host

Check Scheduling

(Human) RRule

Interval

Downtime Scheduling

(Human) RRule with Time Window

Time Window

Stateful Checks/Notifications

Integrated (soon)

None

Event Based Check Scheduling

Integrated (soon)

None

Metric Collection

Integrated (soon)

Yes

Cloud Awareness

Distributed Monitoring

Native to Kubernetes

None

Remote Monitoring

SSH
SNMP

SSH
SNMP

Service Discovery

Soon

None