Environment Variables

All Metrics Agent configuration is passed via the env map in values.yaml. Keys are environment variable names; values are strings.

Required

Variable	Description	Example
CLUSTER_NAME	Name of the cluster (used to tag metrics)	aks-tools-01
METRICS_API_URL	Metrics API base URL (must be reachable from the pod)	http://alerthawk-metrics-api.alerthawk.svc.cluster.local:8080
NAMESPACES_TO_WATCH	Comma-separated list of namespaces to monitor	alerthawk,clickhouse,production

Optional — Collection

Variable	Description	Default
METRICS_COLLECTION_INTERVAL_SECONDS	Interval in seconds between metric collections	40
COLLECT_LOGS	Enable log collection	false

Optional — Cluster / logging

Variable	Description	Default
CLUSTER_ENVIRONMENT	Environment label (e.g. PROD, DEV)	PROD
LOG_LEVEL	Log level (Verbose, Debug, Information, Warning, Error, Fatal)	Information

Optional — Sentry

Variable	Description	Default
SENTRY_DSN	Sentry DSN for error tracking	—
ENVIRONMENT	Environment name sent to Sentry	Production

Example env block

env:
  # Required
  CLUSTER_NAME: "aks-tools-01"
  METRICS_API_URL: "http://alerthawk-metrics-api.alerthawk.svc.cluster.local:8080"
  NAMESPACES_TO_WATCH: "alerthawk,clickhouse,production"
  # Optional
  METRICS_COLLECTION_INTERVAL_SECONDS: "40"
  COLLECT_LOGS: "false"
  CLUSTER_ENVIRONMENT: "PROD"
  LOG_LEVEL: "Information"
  SENTRY_DSN: ""
  ENVIRONMENT: "Production"