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LABINTERMEDIATE

Implementing Platform Cost Management with OpenCost

Deploy OpenCost in a Kubernetes cluster and gain visibility into workload costs across namespaces and teams.

45 minutes
platform-engineering/observability
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches you to implement cost management and visibility for your Kubernetes platform using OpenCost.

You'll learn to:

  • Deploy OpenCost using Helm in a Kubernetes cluster with Prometheus
  • Configure cost allocation by namespace and custom labels for team attribution
  • Analyze workload costs using the OpenCost API and CLI
  • Create cost visibility dashboards in Grafana for platform stakeholders
  • Understand cost optimization opportunities through resource analysis

Cost visibility is essential for platform engineering teams to provide chargeback/showback capabilities and optimize resource usage across the organization.

What You'll Learn

Deploy OpenCost with Prometheus integration

Configure cost allocation using namespaces and labels

Query cost data using OpenCost API

Build cost visibility dashboards in Grafana

Prerequisites

kubernetes-fundamentals

prometheus-basics

helm-basics

Technologies Covered

opencostcost-managementprometheusgrafanakubernetesfinopscnpe

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This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course

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