etcd Monitoring

Rules for etcd

The Prometheus agent is configured to report numerous etcd metrics. Below is the YAML-based rule set that Catapult uses, including alert names, expression, timeframe, labels with severity and type, and annotations which contain the description and summaries.

bash-5.0# cat etcd.yml

groups:

- name: etcd

rules:

- alert: EtcdBackupJobFailed

expr: kube_job_status_failed{job_name=~"etcd-backup.*"} offset 5m > 0

for: 0m

labels:

severity: high

type: etcd

annotations:

summary: Etcd Backup Job failed for cluster {{ $labels.cluster }}

description: "Cluster {{ $labels.cluster }}: Etcd Backup Job {{$labels.namespace}}/{{$labels.job_name}} failed to complete reason: {{$labels.reason}}"

- alert: EtcdDown

expr: up{job="etcd"} offset 5m == 0

for: 10m

labels:

severity: critical

type: etcd

annotations:

description: Etcd container down on cluster {{ $labels.cluster }}

summary: "Cluster {{ $labels.cluster }}: Etcd container down on host {{ $labels.host }}"

Last updated by Anagha Pamidi on Jan 26, 2026

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