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Nexus Integration with Prometheus💣

Nexus Package Upgrades💣

If you are upgrading from versions prior to 42.0.0-bb.4 there are considerations to make for upgrade paths and inclusion of new values. In 42.0.0-bb.4 this package was updated to change the user for metrics collection basicAuth from admin to a metrics user. This was in an effort to reduce the permissions of the user with credentials stored in kubernetes.

Big Bang Default💣

By default, Installation of Nexus Repository Manager through the Big Bang chart will result in .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser being set to true. If this is a new installation of Nexus through Big Bang, it will run the job to establish the metrics user in Nexus required for the service monitor authentication. It is recommended that after initial installation, that .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser and .Values.secret.enabled be set to false. This will prevent the job from running again, as well as remove the Nexus admin credentials from kubernetes.

If you are performing an upgrade of Big Bang with Nexus currently deployed, This job will likely fail until you add an override to nexus through .Values.custom_admin_password set to your current admin password. The job should then function as intended and then the recommendations for setting .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser and .Values.secret.enabled be set to false still apply.

Updating values in Big Bang after installation would look like:

addons:
  nexus:
    enabled: true
    values:
      secret:
        enabled: false
      monitoring:
        serviceMonitor:
          createMetricsUser: false

Package Installation💣

The recommended process for new installations of this package include:

  • set .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser to true
  • set .Values.secret.enabled to true
  • reconcile the package and ensure the target in prometheus for nexus is UP
  • set .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser to false
  • set .Values.secret.enabled to false
  • This will remove the admin credentials secret from persisting in the cluster.

Package Upgrade💣

The recommended process for upgrading an existing installation include:

  • set .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser to true
  • set .Values.secret.enabled to true
  • set .Values.custom_admin_password to your current admin password
  • set .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.createMetricsUser to false
  • set .Values.secret.enabled to false
  • This will remove the admin credentials secret from persisting in the cluster.
Last update: 2023-01-23 by kevin.wilder