Kubecost allows you to export pricing data to Prometheus and then write custom queries for cost insights. Below are instructions for accomplishing this and a set of example queries to get you started.

## Configuration

After deploying the Kubecost model (see [README](README.md) for more info on installation), configure Prometheus to scrape the `/metrics` endpoint exposed by Kubecost. Below is a sample scrape config:

```
- job_name: kubecost
  honor_labels: true
  scrape_interval: 1m
  scrape_timeout: 10s
  metrics_path: /metrics
  scheme: http
  static_configs:
  - targets:
    - < address of cost-model service> # example: <service-name>.<namespace>:<port>
``` 

## Example queries

Below are a set of sample queries that can be run after Prometheus begins ingesting Kubecost data:

__Monthly cost of top 5 containers__

```
topk( 5, 
  container_memory_allocation_bytes* on(instance) group_left() node_ram_hourly_cost  / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 * 730
  + 
  container_cpu_allocation * on(instance) group_left() node_cpu_hourly_cost * 730
)
```

__Memory cost for the *default* namespace__

```
sum(
  container_memory_allocation_bytes{namespace="default"} 
  * 
  on(instance) group_left() node_ram_hourly_cost  / 1024 / 1024 / 1024
) by (namespace)
```

__Monthly cost of currently provisioned nodes__

```
sum(node_total_hourly_cost) * 730
```


## Available Metrics

**Note:** metrics today have both *instance* and *node* labels. The *instance* label will be deprecated in a future version.

| Metric       | Description                                                                                            |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| node_cpu_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per vCPU on this node  |
| node_gpu_hourly_cost | Hourly cost per GPU on this node  |
| node_ram_hourly_cost   | Hourly cost per Gb of memory on this node                       |
| node_total_hourly_cost   | Total node cost per hour                       |
| container_cpu_allocation   | Average number of CPUs requested/used over last 1m                      |
| container_memory_allocation_bytes   | Average bytes of RAM requested/used over last 1m                 |
| pv_hourly_cost   | Hourly cost per GP on a persistent volume                 |