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Observatorium

Ch 446.5of 50Kubernetes Monitoring
  1. 1Runs onAPI, self-hosted
  2. 2Kubernetes logsYes
  3. 3Distributed tracingNo
  4. 4Managed Kubernetes supportYes
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Overview

Observatorium is ranked #44 of 50 in Kubernetes monitoring on Specifiction. It runs on API, Self-hosted.

Compared on Kubernetes monitoring

Kubernetes logs
Yesobservatorium.io
Distributed tracing
Noobservatorium.io
Managed Kubernetes support
Yesobservatorium.io

Facts

Purpose
Observatorium is an open-source observability system for running on Kubernetes that ingests, stores, and serves metrics, logs, and traces.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Project type
The site describes Observatorium as a meta project that combines existing observability projects behind consistent tenancy APIs and signal correlation.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
License
The site identifies Observatorium as open source under the Apache 2.0 license.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Metrics
Metrics can be pushed through Prometheus remote write and queried through Prometheus-compatible APIs.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Logs
Logs can be pushed through the Loki Push API and accessed with Loki query and tail APIs.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Tracing status
The product page labels tracing as coming soon.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Authentication
The site lists OIDC/OAuth2 authentication.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Authorization
The site lists Open Policy Agent for authorization.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Integrations
The documentation describes combining Thanos, Loki, Tempo/Jaeger, and Open Policy Agent in the Observatorium system.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Deployment
The getting-started guide deploys Observatorium in a local Kubernetes cluster using manifests generated from Jsonnet.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Access control
The API proxy is described as supporting tenant isolation, cross-tenant requests, rate limiting, roles, and tracing, and as intended for all external traffic.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Project status
The repository describes the project as work in progress and says documentation, design, user guides, and configuration support are in progress.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Support
The project repository directs users to its Slack channel or GitHub issues for questions or missing features.github.com · 5 Oct 2026
Maintainers
The maintainers page lists contributors affiliated with Red Hat, Polar Signals, or unaffiliated contributors.observatorium.io · 5 Oct 2026
Architecture
It combines projects including Thanos, Loki, Tempo/Jaeger, and Open Policy Agent under consistent tenancy APIs.observatorium.io · 11 Oct 2026
External traffic
The documentation says the Observatorium API proxy should be used for all external traffic and supports tenancy isolation, rate limiting, roles, and tracing.observatorium.io · 11 Oct 2026
Metrics storage
The architecture page says Thanos Receive replicates each write request three times across availability zones and uploads two-hour data blocks to regional Amazon S3 storage.observatorium.io · 11 Oct 2026
Intended users
The getting-started guide describes the system for people operating observability in their own environments and notes that the Operator is used in production by larger users.observatorium.io · 11 Oct 2026

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