Łukasz Gut - Zero to One: Simplifying K8s Monitoring with Grafana's Helm Chart | KCD Warsaw 2025

Description

In this lightning talk from Kubernetes Community Days Warsaw 2025, Łukasz Gut, Staff Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, demonstrates how to go from zero to one in setting up Kubernetes monitoring using Grafana’s Helm Chart. Łukasz explores the evolution of observability tooling, from vendor lock-in and proprietary agents to the open, modular ecosystem powered by open source. He explains how Grafana’s Helm Chart simplifies deployment, configuration, and integration of observability stacks, making it easier for teams to get started with modern Kubernetes monitoring. 🔹 The challenges of configuring and maintaining open-source observability stacks 🔹 How Grafana’s Helm Chart simplifies Kubernetes monitoring setup 🔹 Key components of a modern observability solution 🔹 How open standards reduce vendor lock-in and improve flexibility 🔹 A live demo showing setup from zero to one 📍 Recorded live at KCD Warsaw 2025, Varso Tower, Warsaw, Poland 🌐 Learn more: https://community.cncf.io/kcd-warsaw/