# Kubecost

Monitoring application providing real-time cost visibility and insights.

Built on top of [OpenCost].

1. [TL;DR](#tldr)
1. [Further readings](#further-readings)
   1. [Sources](#sources)

## TL;DR

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  <summary>Setup</summary>

```sh
helm repo add 'kubecost' 'https://kubecost.github.io/cost-analyzer/' && helm repo update 'kubecost'
helm search repo 'kubecost/cost-analyzer' --versions

helm show values --repo 'https://kubecost.github.io/cost-analyzer/' 'cost-analyzer'

helm --namespace 'kubecost' upgrade --install 'kubecost' 'kubecost/cost-analyzer' --create-namespace
helm --namespace 'kubecost' upgrade --install 'kubecost' --create-namespace \
  --repo 'https://kubecost.github.io/cost-analyzer/' 'cost-analyzer' \
  --set 'persistentVolume.enabled=false'

# EKS-specific
VERSION='2.8.0' \
helm --namespace 'kubecost' upgrade --install 'kubecost' --create-namespace \
  'oci://public.ecr.aws/kubecost/cost-analyzer' --version "$VERSION" \
  --values "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubecost/cost-analyzer-helm-chart/v$VERSION/cost-analyzer/values-eks-cost-monitoring.yaml"

helm --namespace 'kubecost' uninstall 'kubecost' \
&& kubectl delete namespace 'kubecost'
```

</details>

<details>
  <summary>Usage</summary>

```sh
kubectl --namespace 'kubecost' port-forward 'deployment/kubecost-cost-analyzer' '9090'
open 'http://localhost:9090'
```

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## Further readings

- [Website]
- [Codebase]
- [OpenCost]

### Sources

- [Documentation]
- [Amazon EKS Integration]
- [Deploying Kubecost on an Amazon EKS cluster]

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[OpenCost]: opencost.md

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[Amazon EKS Integration]: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/kubecost/self-hosted/2.x?topic=installations-amazon-eks-integration
[codebase]: https://github.com/kubecost
[documentation]: https://github.com/kubecost/docs
[website]: https://www.kubecost.com/

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[Deploying Kubecost on an Amazon EKS cluster]: https://kubecost.awsworkshop.io/4_deploy_kubecost/41_deployingkubecost.html