k8s exporter - Realtime updates
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James Daniels
Currently I understand that the k8s exporter only support polling the kube api for resource changes and so the data in Port can end up being out of date and stale.
Could the exporter instead watch resource in k8s and therefore achieve near Realtime updates in Port.
This would unlock many use cases where the architecture of the "Platform" using Kubernetes as the "API" and Port as the front-end portal to the Platform services and data.
Matan Grady
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Matan Grady
Hi James Daniels! Our k8s integration offers both sync and real-time events
Can you elaborate on your specific needs and what you saw missing?
James Daniels
Hi Matan Grady Yes we came to this understanding over on slack recently! The situation that has been observed a few times over recent months is that we would encounter stale data in Port that we assumed was because of infrequent polling behaviour of the exporter. I think we need to do some digging on our side to get a better understanding of the situation that is triggering us to end up in a stale state.
Matan Grady
James Daniels understood! If that's OK, I will close this FR, but please reach out over Slack if you see this issue occurring again.
James Daniels
Matan Grady Yep, will do