Performing Data Collection

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Data collection must be performed to collect the necessary configuration and utilization data from each of your environments. Data collection can be configured for the both cloud and container environments.

A number of resources are available to support planning for data collection activities. Contact [email protected] for additional information.

Public Cloud

Use the Cloud Connections wizard to connect directly to your cloud environments to collect workload and configuration data. Refer to the following prerequisites to configure a user account that can then be used to connect directly to your Densify instance:

Containers

Use the Data Forwarder to collect and send your container metrics from Prometheus to your Densify instance for analysis. You can configure the data forwarder for:

Single Cluster—In this configuration, data is collected from a single Kubernetes cluster. The data forwarder is deployed in the cluster.
Multiple Clusters—In this configuration, data is collected from multiple Kubernetes clusters that are monitored by Prometheus or a supported observability platform. The data forwarder does not beed to be within the cluster but must be able access Prometheus or the observability platform

API

Allows you to create cloud connections, collect and analyze workload data from supported public cloud providers. Refer to the API documentation for details.