Image source Monitoring distributed microservices like Kubernetes is not an easy task because they require real-time attention and proactive monitoring. To overcome this challenge, many companies develop various open-source monitoring tools for Kubernetes. Some tools collect metrics, others collect logs. Some are Kubernetes-native, others are more agnostic in nature. Some are data collectors while others provide an interface for operating Kubernetes. This article takes a look at five of the more popular Kubernetes monitoring tools out there. What Is Kubernetes? Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source platform for deploying, automating, managing, and scaling containerized applications. Kubernetes groups containers into clusters for easy discovery and management. You can deploy K8s on-premise, and…