# Vm based Prometheus doesn't collect Kubernetes metrics

**URL:** <https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154>\
**Category:** Exporters and Metrics\
**Created:** [April 21, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154 "2021-04-21T12:50:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![wojcieh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@wojcieh](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/wojcieh)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154/1 "2021-04-21T12:50:16Z")

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Hello.

I have a Prometheus server installed on Ubuntu 20. It talks nicely with Grafana and works as a source. On my Kubernetes cluster VM’s I installed node\_exporter and metrics are available. However, I don’t see any metrics from Kubernetes in Prometheus Query.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/prometheus/original/1X/145b61c22e3c4bf21b1b78ed204a6e839a9a540b.png)

What do I need to do to be able to see metrics from Kubernetes? Do I need to install some extra node exporter or deploy some kubernetes collector?

Best regards  
Wojciech

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154/2 "2021-04-21T13:08:48Z")

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Have you added any jobs to scrape the various Kubernetes metric endpoints?

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**Author:** ![wojcieh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d07c76/32.png) [@wojcieh](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/wojcieh)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154/3 "2021-04-21T13:33:07Z")

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Hi Stuart. No I don’t have any jobs to gather those metrics. I am looking for some details how to do it.

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**Author:** ![Herdon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/herdon/32/138_2.png) [@Herdon](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/Herdon)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154/4 "2021-06-09T14:28:16Z")

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Hello Stuart. What job or exporter should we add to collect Kubernets metric, such as Pod Limit/Request?

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**Author:** ![stuart](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/discuss.prometheus.io/stuart/32/18_2.png) [@stuart](https://discuss.prometheus.io/u/stuart)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.prometheus.io/t/vm-based-prometheus-doesnt-collect-kubernetes-metrics/154/5 "2021-06-09T14:47:04Z")

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The various Kubenetes components expose metrics themselves (e.g. kube-proxy, etc.)