vectordotdev / vectordotdev/vector
New `kubernetes_system_events` source
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domain: logs
needs: requirements
platform: kubernetes
source: new
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
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Description
Kubernetes exposes an event stream for system events. I'd like to collect these as an option and run them through the pipeline like any other log event.
Prior Art
- https://github.com/heptiolabs/eventrouter
- https://github.com/kubernetes-retired/heapster
- https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/kubernetes/event_collection/
- https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/integrations/kubernetes-integration/kubernetes-events/new-relic-kubernetes-events-integration
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Kubernetes event documentation and the linked event-router, Heapster, Datadog, and New Relic prior art to understand the event stream and collection model. Determine how a kubernetes_system_events source should expose system events and pass them through Vector's existing log-event pipeline; done means the source is available as an option and events are collected and processed like other log events.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kubernetes, rust
- Domain
- observability, stream-processing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100