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CostGraph Installation Guide

1

Install Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have Helm installed on your system.
2

Set up Prometheus

Add the Prometheus chart repository:
helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
Install Prometheus to begin collecting metrics:
helm install prometheus prometheus-community/prometheus --namespace prometheus-system --create-namespace
kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=10m -n prometheus-system deploy/prometheus-server
3

Obtain API Key

Create an account on costgraph.baselinehq.cloud and obtain an API key.
4

Set up Billing Plan

Setting up a planYou must have a plan setup for your organization to use the operator. Not doing so will cause the operator to fail on startup.
Once you have your API key, set up a billing plan to enable the API key.
5

Add CostGraph Helm Repository

Add the CostGraph charts repository:
helm repo add costgraph https://baselinehq.github.io/costgraph-charts/
helm repo update
6

Configure CostGraph

Create a configuration file (values.yaml) with your specific settings:
domain: <your-company-subdomain>
costgraph:
  config:
    costgraph_instance_name: <instance-name>
    prometheus_endpoint: # e.g http://prometheus-server.prometheus-system.svc.cluster.local
    api_key: <your-api-key>
7

Deploy CostGraph

Deploy CostGraph using your configuration file:
helm install costgraph costgraph/costgraph -f values.yaml --namespace costgraph-system --create-namespace
8

Verify Installation

Wait for all pods to be ready and verify the installation:
kubectl get pods -n costgraph
All pods should show a Running status before proceeding to access the dashboard.

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Accessing the Dashboard

You can access your cluster metrics in the cluster section of the CostGraph dashboard. Dashboard

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Advanced Configuration

For the full list of values supported by the CostGraph Operator Helm chart (all values.yaml options), see the Kubernetes configuration reference.

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Alternative Visualization Methods

CostGraph supports other visualization methods such as Grafana and Superset. For more instructions on setting up and accessing these tools, see our Alternative Visualization Methods guide.