any idea of how to creating a monitoring dashboard for budget and costs for GKE

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I need a monitoring dahsboard for budget and cost for GKE project. any iea howto create this? I need alertting setiup going over x amount

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In GCP, you can create a Budget and Cost Monitoring Dashboard for your GKE project using Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Billing. Here’s how you can set it up:

  1. Create a Cloud Monitoring Dashboard
    Go to Cloud Monitoring → Cloud Monitoring Console
    Click Dashboards → Create Dashboard.
    Add Billing Metrics:
    Click Add Chart.
    Select Billing as the resource type.
    Choose metrics like cost, usage, and forecasted spending.
    Filter by GKE Project.
    Customize visualization (Line Chart, Bar Chart, etc.).
  2. Set Up Budget and Alerts
    Go to Cloud Billing → Billing Console
    Select your Billing Account.
    Click Budgets & Alerts → Create Budget.
    Set a threshold (e.g., 80% of the budget) and configure alerts via email, Pub/Sub, or webhook.
    You can also integrate Cloud Functions or Workflows to take automated actions when thresholds are exceeded.
  3. Use BigQuery for Advanced Cost Analysis (Optional)
    Enable Billing Export to BigQuery for deeper ins