• Embedding GitLab-managed Kubernetes metrics
• Embedding metrics in issue templates
• Embedding metrics based on alerts in incident issues
• Embedding Cluster Health Charts

Embedding metric charts within GitLab Flavored Markdown

Embedding GitLab-managed Kubernetes metrics

GitLab 12.2で導入されました。

It is possible to display metrics charts within GitLab Flavored Markdown fields such as issue or merge request descriptions. The maximum number of embedded charts allowed in a GitLab Flavored Markdown field is 100.

This can be useful if you are sharing an application incident or performance metrics to others and want to have relevant information directly available.

To display metric charts, include a link of the form https://<root_url>/<project>/-/environments/<environment_id>/metrics:

GitLab unfurls the link as an embedded metrics panel:

You can also embed a single chart. To get a link to a chart, click the More actions menu in the upper right corner of the chart, and select Copy link to chart, as shown in this example:

The following requirements must be met for the metric to unfurl:

• The <environment_id> must correspond to a real environment.
• Prometheus must be monitoring the environment.
• The GitLab instance must be configured to receive data from the environment.
• The user must be allowed access to the monitoring dashboard for the environment (Reporter or higher).
• The dashboard must have data within the last 8 hours.

If all of the above are true, then the metric will unfurl as seen below:

Metric charts may also be hidden:

You can open the link directly into your browser for a detailed view of the data.

Embedding metrics in issue templates

It is also possible to embed either the default dashboard metrics or individual metrics in issue templates. For charts to render side-by-side, links to the entire metrics dashboard or individual metrics should be separated by either a comma or a space.

Embedding metrics based on alerts in incident issues

For GitLab-managed alerting rules, the issue will include an embedded chart for the query corresponding to the alert. The chart displays an hour of data surrounding the starting point of the incident, 30 minutes before and after.

For manually configured Prometheus instances, a chart corresponding to the query can be included if these requirements are met:

• The alert corresponds to an environment managed through GitLab.
• The alert corresponds to a range query.
• The alert contains the required attributes listed in the chart below.

Embedding Cluster Health Charts

Cluster Health Metrics can also be embedded in GitLab-flavored Markdown.

To embed a metric chart, include a link to that chart in the form https://<root_url>/<project>/-/cluster/<cluster_id>?<query_params> anywhere that GitLab-flavored Markdown is supported. To generate and copy a link to the chart, follow the instructions in the Cluster Health Metric documentation.

The following requirements must be met for the metric to unfurl:

• The <cluster_id> must correspond to a real cluster.
• Prometheus must be monitoring the cluster.
• The user must be allowed access to the project cluster metrics.
• The dashboards must be reporting data on the Cluster Health Page

If the above requirements are met, then the metric will unfurl as seen below.