.. _standard_apps:

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Setting up Monitoring and Logging apps
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After running ``k9 create cluster`` there will be 3 standard apps deployed to every cluster. EFK, Prometheus, and Grafana. DNS routing must be done manually, see :ref:`dns_routing` for information.


Logging In
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The login information for Kibana and Prometheus will be placed inside of an AWS secret by k9. It will be named ``{{clusterName}}-monitoring-logins-secret``. The usernames and passwords for both sites will be labeled in the secret. If there are any values written as ``b'somecharacters'`` then the actual values is between the quotations (``somecharacters`` in this case).

Grafana
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After running ``k9 create cluster`` there will be a few dashboards automatically added to grafana. A default notification channel is created named "Google Chat Alert". Edit this notification channel's Url to turn on alert notifications for your cluster. (Bell Icon on left sidebar > Notification channels > Google Chat Alert > Url). If you wish to use notifications for another service, create your new notification channel and then edit each alert to use that notification.