https://DevOpsCloud.io -- Cloud Monk Losang Jinpa, Ph.D., MCSE/MCT, GitOps DevOps Engineer

The Thanos Operator is a Kubernetes-native tool designed to streamline the deployment, management, and scaling of Thanos instances on Kubernetes clusters. Thanos itself is a highly available Prometheus setup with long-term storage capabilities, allowing you to efficiently store, query, and analyze Prometheus metrics over extended periods.

• **Kubernetes Custom Resources:** Employs familiar Kubernetes manifests to configure and deploy Thanos components.
• **Simplified Thanos Deployment:** Defines essential Thanos configurations, including object storage integration, query frontend configuration, and rule evaluation, directly within Kubernetes resources.
• **Automated Component Management:** Facilitates the creation, scaling, and management of various Thanos components, including Sidecars, Stores, Query, Rule, Compact, and Receiver.
• **High Availability:** Configures Thanos for high availability, ensuring continuous access to metrics and reliable query capabilities.
• **Object Storage Integration:** Supports seamless integration with various object storage providers (like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage) for long-term metrics storage.

• **Streamlined Thanos Deployment:** Simplifies the process of setting up and managing Thanos on Kubernetes.
• **Scalability:** Effortlessly scales Thanos components to handle growing metrics data and query workloads.
• **High Availability:** Ensures continuous access to metrics data and reliable query execution for your monitoring and observability needs.
• **Long-Term Metrics Storage:** Leverages object storage for cost-effective and scalable long-term storage of Prometheus metrics.
• **Open Source:** The Thanos Operator is an open-source project under the Apache 2.0 License.

• **Installation:** Install the Thanos Operator using Helm or by applying the necessary manifests directly to your Kubernetes cluster.
• **Configuration:** Define Thanos components and their configurations using Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).
• **Management:** The Thanos Operator will automatically deploy and manage your Thanos instances based on your configurations.

• **GitHub Repository:** * s://github.com/banzaicloud/thanos-operator(https://github.com/banzaicloud/thanos-operator)
• **Official Documentation:** * [invalid URL removed]