$ which helm
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3 | bash
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Downloading https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.18.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Verifying checksum... Done.
Preparing to install helm into /usr/local/bin
[sudo] password for xxxxx:
helm installed into /usr/local/bin/helm
$ which helm
/usr/local/bin/helm
$ helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
"prometheus-community" has been added to your repositories
$ helm repo update
Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "prometheus-community" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈
$ helm install prometheus prometheus-community/prometheus --namespace monitoring --create-namespace
Private key passphrase:
NAME: prometheus
LAST DEPLOYED: Sun Sep 7 13:08:14 2025
NAMESPACE: monitoring
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
The Prometheus server can be accessed via port 80 on the following DNS name from within your cluster:
prometheus-server.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
Get the Prometheus server URL by running these commands in the same shell:
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace monitoring -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=prometheus,app.kubernetes.io/instance=prometheus" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
kubectl --namespace monitoring port-forward $POD_NAME 9090
The Prometheus alertmanager can be accessed via port 9093 on the following DNS name from within your cluster:
prometheus-alertmanager.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
Get the Alertmanager URL by running these commands in the same shell:
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace monitoring -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=alertmanager,app.kubernetes.io/instance=prometheus" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
kubectl --namespace monitoring port-forward $POD_NAME 9093
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###### WARNING: Pod Security Policy has been disabled by default since #####
###### it deprecated after k8s 1.25+. use #####
###### (index .Values "prometheus-node-exporter" "rbac" #####
###### . "pspEnabled") with (index .Values #####
###### "prometheus-node-exporter" "rbac" "pspAnnotations") #####
###### in case you still need it. #####
#################################################################################
The Prometheus PushGateway can be accessed via port 9091 on the following DNS name from within your cluster:
prometheus-prometheus-pushgateway.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
Get the PushGateway URL by running these commands in the same shell:
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace monitoring -l "app=prometheus-pushgateway,component=pushgateway" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
kubectl --namespace monitoring port-forward $POD_NAME 9091
For more information on running Prometheus, visit:
https://prometheus.io/
$ helm repo add grafana https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
"grafana" has been added to your repositories
$ helm repo update
Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "grafana" chart repository
...Successfully got an update from the "prometheus-community" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈
$ helm install grafana grafana/grafana --namespace monitoring
Private key passphrase:
NAME: grafana
LAST DEPLOYED: Sun Sep 7 13:10:28 2025
NAMESPACE: monitoring
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
NOTES:
1. Get your 'admin' user password by running:
kubectl get secret --namespace monitoring grafana -o jsonpath="{.data.admin-password}" | base64 --decode ; echo
2. The Grafana server can be accessed via port 80 on the following DNS name from within your cluster:
grafana.monitoring.svc.cluster.local
Get the Grafana URL to visit by running these commands in the same shell:
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace monitoring -l "app.kubernetes.io/name=grafana,app.kubernetes.io/instance=grafana" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
kubectl --namespace monitoring port-forward $POD_NAME 3000
3. Login with the password from step 1 and the username: admin
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###### WARNING: Persistence is disabled!!! You will lose your data when #####
###### the Grafana pod is terminated. #####
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