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stage: Configure
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group: Configure
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Cluster cost management (DEPRECATED) **(ULTIMATE)**
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/216737) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.5.
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> - [Deprecated](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8) in GitLab 14.5.
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> - [Disabled on self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/353410) in GitLab 15.0.
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WARNING:
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This feature was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/configure/-/epics/8) in GitLab 14.5.
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FLAG:
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On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, ask an administrator to [enable the feature flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `certificate_based_clusters`.
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Cluster cost management provides insights into cluster resource usage. GitLab provides an example
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[`kubecost-cost-model`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/kubecost-cost-model/)
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project that uses the GitLab Prometheus integration and
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[Kubecost's `cost-model`](https://github.com/kubecost/cost-model) to provide cluster cost
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insights within GitLab:
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## Configure cluster cost management
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To get started with cluster cost management, you need the Maintainer role for a project or group.
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1. Clone the [`kubecost-cost-model`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/kubecost-cost-model/)
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example repository, which contains minor modifications to the upstream Kubecost
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`cost-model` project:
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- Configures your Prometheus endpoint to the GitLab-managed Prometheus. You may
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need to change this value if you use a non-managed Prometheus.
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- Adds the necessary annotations to the deployment manifest to be scraped by
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GitLab-managed Prometheus.
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- Changes the Google Pricing API access key to the GitLab access key.
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- Contains definitions for a custom GitLab Metrics dashboard to show the cost insights.
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1. Connect GitLab with Prometheus, depending on your configuration:
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- *If Prometheus is already configured,* navigate to **Settings > Integrations > Prometheus**
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to provide the API endpoint of your Prometheus server.
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- *To use the Prometheus cluster integration,* navigate to your cluster's **Details** page,
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select the **Integrations** tab, and follow the instructions to enable the Prometheus
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cluster integration.
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1. Set up the Prometheus integration on the cloned example project.
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1. Add the Kubecost `cost-model` to your cluster:
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- *For non-managed clusters*, deploy it with GitLab CI/CD.
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- *To deploy it manually*, use the following commands:
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```shell
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kubectl create namespace cost-model
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kubectl apply -f kubernetes/ --namespace cost-model
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```
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To access the cost insights, navigate to **Monitor > Metrics** and select
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the `default_costs.yml` dashboard. You can [customize](#customize-the-cost-dashboard)
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this dashboard.
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### Customize the cost dashboard
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You can customize the cost dashboard by editing the `.gitlab/dashboards/default_costs.yml`
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file or creating similar dashboard configuration files. To learn more, read about
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[customizing dashboards in our documentation](/ee/operations/metrics/dashboards/).
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#### Available metrics
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Metrics contain both instance and node labels. The instance label is scheduled for deprecation in a future version.
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- `node_cpu_hourly_cost` - Hourly cost per vCPU on this node.
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- `node_gpu_hourly_cost` - Hourly cost per GPU on this node.
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- `node_ram_hourly_cost` - Hourly cost per gigabyte of memory on this node.
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- `node_total_hourly_cost` - Total node cost per hour.
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- `container_cpu_allocation` - Average number of CPUs requested/used over the previous minute.
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- `container_gpu_allocation` - Average number of GPUs requested over the previous minute.
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- `container_memory_allocation_bytes` - Average bytes of RAM requested/used over the previous minute.
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- `pod_pvc_allocation` - Bytes provisioned for a PVC attached to a pod.
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- `pv_hourly_cost` - Hourly cost per GB on a persistent volume.
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Some examples are provided in the
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[`kubecost-cost-model` repository](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/kubecost-cost-model/-/blob/master/PROMETHEUS.md#example-queries).
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