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# 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
<details>
<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