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Control Plane

The control plane components include Argo CD API Server, Application Controller (powering app-of-apps pattern), and Application Set Controller.

The Akuity Platform control plane components are continiously monitored by Akuity engineers to ensure the platform is running smoothly. Optionally you can expose Prometheus metrics for the control plane components to allow you to monitor the platform yourself.

Exposing Prometheus Metrics​

To expose Prometheus metrics for the control plane components:

  1. Navigate to the Argo CD → your instance → Settings → External Access section.
  2. Scroll down to the Controlplane Metrics section.
  3. Toggle the Enable switch.
  4. Provide the username and password for the metrics endpoint.
  5. Click Save.

The metrics endpoint will be available at <instance-id>-metrics.cdsvcs.akuity.cloud:

  • /argocd-server - Exposes metrics for the Argo CD API Server.
  • /application-controller - Exposes metrics for the Argo CD Application Controller.
  • /application-set-controller - Exposes metrics for the Argo CD Application Set Controller.