event-stream-for-k8s

Event Stream for K8s reads Events from the Kubernetes API and logs them to standard output.

Perfect for cluster operators who want to log Events to long-term storage, e.g., an ELK stack.

Usage

event-stream-for-k8s is best deployed as a single-replica StatefulSet with persistent storage. For example:

kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: event-stream-for-k8s
spec:
  replicas: 1
  volumeClaimTemplates:
  - metadata:
      name: events-db
    spec:
      accessModes: [ReadWriteOnce]
      resources: {requests: {storage: 1Gi}}
      storageClassName: gp2  # or similar
  spec:
    containers:
    - name: main
      volumeMounts:
      - name: events-db
        mountPath: /events-db

Environment variables

• CACHE_TTL (default 3600): How long to cache Events.
• CACHE_DB (default ./events-db): Path to the cache.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

Distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE for more information.