# Kubernetes dashboard as a code
This repository holds the code to generate the Kubernetes overwiew Dashboard as Code.

Dashboard is generated for specific cluster provided as parameter for the script.

Dashboard naming convention is: "[PROVIDED CLUSTER NAME] - Kubernetes cluster overview"

# Prerequisites

## Python packages
Before executing scripts, python requirements have to be satisfied. To do so, execute following command:
	pip install -r requirements.txt

## .env file

To provide authentication for API calls, create ".env" file in the script directory with following definition:

	<ENV NAME>=<ENV TOKEN>
		<ENV NAME> is name of environment variable. This name should be passed to "environment.yaml" file as "env-token-name" parameter
		Example:
		environment.yaml file: "- env-token-name: "GLOBAL_CONFIG_TOKEN"
		.env file: "GLOBAL_CONFIG_TOKEN=XXXXXXXXXXX"

# Usage

		usage: createDash.py [-h] -C CLUSTER [--remove] [-E ENVIRONMENT]

		Generate and deploy the Kubernetes Overview Dashboard as Code.

		options:
		-h, --help            show this help message and exit
		-C CLUSTER, --cluster CLUSTER
								Name of the Kubernetes cluster (default: None)
		--remove              Remove dashboard for given cluster. If not specified dashboard will be created or updated (default: False)
		-E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
								Name of the environment (the same as in environment.yaml file. Used to upload dashboard to specific Dynatrace environment. If not specified all environments in file will be used (default: None)
# Files

## createDash.py

This scripts generates Dashboard and uploads it to Dynatrace.

## environment.yaml
File containing environments to connect to Dynatrace tenant

	Environment name:
		name: string										#name ov environment
		env-url: str										#url of environment
		env-token-name: str									#name of environment variable containing API token

## requirements.txt

File containing required python packages

## kubernetes_tiles_template.json

File containing template for dashboard