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Observability UI plugins overview

You can use the Cluster Observability Operator (COO) to install and manage UI plugins to enhance the observability capabilities of the OpenShift Container Platform web console. The plugins extend the default functionality, providing new UI features for troubleshooting, distributed tracing, and cluster logging.

Cluster logging

The logging UI plugin surfaces logging data in the web console on the Observe → Logs page. You can specify filters, queries, time ranges and refresh rates. The results displayed a list of collapsed logs, which can then be expanded to show more detailed information for each log.

For more information, see the logging UI plugin page.

Troubleshooting

The Cluster Observability Operator troubleshooting panel UI plugin is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

The troubleshooting panel UI plugin for OpenShift Container Platform version 4.16+ provides observability signal correlation, powered by the open source Korrel8r project. You can use the troubleshooting panel available from the Observe → Alerting page to easily correlate metrics, logs, alerts, netflows, and additional observability signals and resources, across different data stores. Users of OpenShift Container Platform version 4.17+ can also access the troubleshooting UI panel from the Application Launcher app launcher.

The output of Korrel8r is displayed as an interactive node graph. When you click on a node, you are automatically redirected to the corresponding web console page with the specific information for that node, for example, metric, log, or pod.

For more information, see the troubleshooting UI plugin page.

Distributed tracing

The Cluster Observability Operator distributed tracing UI plugin is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

The distributed tracing UI plugin adds tracing-related features to the web console on the Observe → Traces page. You can follow requests through the front end and into the backend of microservices, helping you identify code errors and performance bottlenecks in distributed systems. You can select a supported TempoStack or TempoMonolithic multi-tenant instance running in the cluster and set a time range and query to view the trace data.

For more information, see the distributed tracing UI plugin page.