diff --git a/website/content/docs/k8s/connect/observability/metrics.mdx b/website/content/docs/k8s/connect/observability/metrics.mdx index faa6b7838a..1d275cae9d 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/k8s/connect/observability/metrics.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/k8s/connect/observability/metrics.mdx @@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ ui: baseURL: http://prometheus-server ``` -## Deploying Prometheus and Grafana (_for demo and non-production use-cases only_) +## Deploying Prometheus (_for demo and non-production use-cases only_) -The Helm chart contains demo manifests for Prometheus and Grafana. They can be installed with Helm via `prometheus.enabled` and `grafana.enabled`. These manifests are based on the community manifests for Prometheus and Grafana. -These are designed to allow quick bootstrapping for trial and demo use cases and not for production use-cases. +The Helm chart contains demo manifests for deploying Prometheus. It can be installed with Helm via `prometheus.enabled`. This manifest is based on the community manifest for Prometheus. +The Prometheus deployment is designed to allow quick bootstrapping for trial and demo use cases, and is not recommended for production use-cases. -Prometheus and Grafana will be installed in the same namespace that Consul will be installed in and will be installed +Prometheus will be installed in the same namespace as Consul, and will be installed and uninstalled along with the Consul installation. +Grafana can optionally be utilized with Prometheus to display metrics. The installation and configuration of Grafana must be managed separately from the Consul Helm chart. The [Layer 7 Observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Kubernetes](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/kubernetes-layer7-observability?in=consul/kubernetes)) tutorial provides an installation walkthrough using Helm. + ```yaml prometheus: enabled: true -grafana: - enabled: true ```