Whizard Telemetry

WizTelemetry Platform Service

Overview

WizTelemetry Platform Service is a common service for all observability extensions of KubeSphere's WizTelemetry Observability Platform. It provides a common APIServer for all observability extensions, offering backend platform services for Logging, Auditing, Events, Notifications, Tracing, and more.

When to Use

• Installing or configuring the WizTelemetry Platform Service extension
• Managing API services for observability extensions
• Configuring OpenSearch connections for various data types
• Enabling Global Observability monitoring

Architecture

Components

Dependencies

The WizTelemetry Platform Service does not have hard dependencies on other components. All APIs can be enabled/disabled based on the deployed extensions:

• Optional: OpenSearch - Required only when enabling logging, auditing, events, notification history, or traffic APIs
• Optional: Prometheus - Required only when enabling monitoring API
• Optional: Notification Manager - Required only when enabling notification API
• Optional: KubeSphere Observability (Whizard) - Required only when enabling global observability

Configuration should be added incrementally as you deploy additional observability extensions (e.g., WhizardLogging, WhizardAuditing, WhizardEvents, WhizardNotification).

Installation

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get latest version

kubectl get extensionversions -l kubesphere.io/extension-ref=whizard-telemetry -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.spec.version}{"\n"}{end}' | sort -V | tail -1

Step 2: Generate config

Run the helper script in the skill's scripts directory:

cd whizard-telemetry && ./scripts/generate-config.sh

This script will:

1. Check which observability extensions are installed (whizard-logging, whizard-auditing, whizard-events, whizard-notification, whizard-monitoring, whizard-alerting)
2. Check if vector extension is installed
3. Output the config section only (between ---CONFIG_START--- and ---CONFIG_END---)

Step 3: Create InstallPlan

Use the generated config to create the InstallPlan:

apiVersion: kubesphere.io/v1alpha1
kind: InstallPlan
metadata:
  name: whizard-telemetry
spec:
  extension:
    name: whizard-telemetry
    version: <VERSION>  # From Step 1
  enabled: true
  upgradeStrategy: Manual
  config: |
    <CONFIG_FROM_STEP_2>

⚠️ CRITICAL: InstallPlan metadata.name MUST be whizard-telemetry. DO NOT use any other name.

Configuration from Other Extensions

The whizard-telemetry configuration is automatically generated based on which observability extensions are installed. You do NOT need to manually configure it - it will be generated when you install the corresponding extensions.

How it works:

• When you install whizard-logging, whizard-auditing, whizard-events, etc., the system automatically generates the corresponding whizard-telemetry config
• OpenSearch endpoint and credentials are obtained from the vector extension's secret

Configuration Parameters

The whizard-telemetry.config section is automatically generated by the helper script based on installed extensions. You do not need to manually configure it.

Image Parameters

Scheduling Parameters

Extension Operations

Check Extension Status

# View extension installation status
kubectl get installplan whizard-telemetry

# View extension version
kubectl get extensionversions -l kubesphere.io/extension-ref=whizard-telemetry

Check Pod Status

# View API server pods
kubectl get pods -n extension-whizard-telemetry -l app=whizard-telemetry-apiserver

# View console pods
kubectl get pods -n extension-whizard-telemetry -l app=wiz-telemetry-console

View Logs

# View API server logs
kubectl logs -n extension-whizard-telemetry -l app=whizard-telemetry-apiserver --tail=100

# View console logs
kubectl logs -n extension-whizard-telemetry -l app=wiz-telemetry-console --tail=100

Uninstall Extension

# Delete the InstallPlan to uninstall
kubectl delete installplan whizard-telemetry

Update Configuration

When new observability extensions are installed or uninstalled (e.g., whizard-logging, whizard-events, whizard-auditing), you need to update the whizard-telemetry config.

Step 1: Generate new config

cd whizard-telemetry && ./scripts/generate-config.sh

This script will check installed extensions and generate the complete config.

Step 2: Update InstallPlan

# Get the generated config (between ---CONFIG_START--- and ---CONFIG_END---)
# Then patch the InstallPlan:
kubectl get installplan whizard-telemetry -n kubesphere-system -o yaml > /tmp/whizard-telemetry.yaml

# Edit the file and update the config section, then apply:
kubectl apply -f /tmp/whizard-telemetry.yaml

Note: The config is automatically generated based on installed extensions. After installing new extensions (logging, events, auditing, notification, etc.), always regenerate and apply the config.

Troubleshooting

Check API Server Health

# Check API server endpoints
kubectl get endpoints -n extension-whizard-telemetry whizard-telemetry-apiserver

# Check API server service
kubectl get svc -n extension-whizard-telemetry whizard-telemetry-apiserver

View Configuration

# View current configuration
kubectl get installplan whizard-telemetry -o yaml

# View configmap
kubectl get configmap -n extension-whizard-telemetry whizard-telemetry-config -o yaml