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@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
   * [Deploying a LE-certificate with ingress](#cert-manager-ingress)
   * [Deploying a LE-certificate by CRD](#cert-manager-crd)
   * [Troubleshooting](#cert-manager-troubleshooting)
-* [Cluster monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana](#prometheus-grafana)
-* [Log correlation with Loki-stack/Grafana](#loki-stack)
+* [Cluster monitoring](#cluster-monitoring)
+  * [Log correlation with Loki-stack](#loki-stack)
+  * [Metrics with Prometheus-stack + Grafana](#prometheus-grafana)
 * [HELM charts](#helm)
   * [Create a chart](#helm-create)
   * [Install local chart without packaging](#helm-install-without-packaging)
@@ -559,43 +560,62 @@ After successfull setup perform a TLS-test:
 * https://testssl.sh/ (`apt install testssl.sh`)
 * https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html
 
-# Cluster monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana <a name="user-content-prometheus-grafana"></a>
+# Cluster monitoring <a name="user-content-cluster-monitoring"></a>
+Create namespace for monitoring
 ```
-helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
-helm repo update
-kubectl create ns prom-stack
-
-# download values file for prometheus helm chart and replace any occurence of %MASTER_NODE_IPV4_ADDR% with IPv4 address of your cluster master node
-wget https://gitea.zwackl.de/dominik/k3s/raw/branch/master/prometheus-values.yaml
-
-helm install --namespace prom-stack -f prometheus-values.yaml prom-stack prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack
-
-# access web ui at http://localhost:8080 OR configure an ingress instance
-kubectl -n prom port-forward service/prom-stack-grafana 8080:80
+kubectl create ns monitoring
 ```
 
-# Log correlation with Loki-stack/Grafana <a name="user-content-loki-stack"></a>
+## Log correlation with Loki-stack <a name="user-content-loki-stack"></a>
 Docs: https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/tree/main/charts/loki-stack
 ```
 helm repo add grafana https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
 helm repo update
-kubectl create ns loki-stack
-helm upgrade --install loki --namespace=loki-stack grafana/loki-stack --set grafana.enabled=true
+```
+Download values file for loki-stack helm chart and replace any macros with corresponding values:
+* %PVC_STORAGECLASS% -> your storageclass for persistent storage
+* %PVC_STORAGE_SIZE% -> size of persistent storage, e.g. 4Gi
+```
+wget https://gitea.zwackl.de/dominik/k3s/raw/branch/master/loki-stack-values.yaml
+```
+Install loki-stack:
+```
+helm -n monitoring upgrade --install -f loki-stack-values.yaml loki-stack grafana/loki-stack
+```
+Grafana will be installed with Prometheus-stack...
 
-# access web ui at http://localhost:8888 OR configure an ingress instance
-kubectl get secret -n loki-stack loki-grafana -o jsonpath="{.data.admin-password}" | base64 --decode ; echo
-kubectl -n loki-stack port-forward service/loki-grafana 8888:80
+## Metrics with Prometheus-stack + Grafana <a name="user-content-prometheus-grafana"></a>
+```
+helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+helm repo update
+```
+Download values file for prometheus-stack helm chart and replace any macros with corresponding values:
+* %ADMIN_PASSWORD% -> Grafana admin password
+* %SERVICE_FQDN% -> Service FQDN
+* %MASTER_NODE_IPV4_ADDR% -> IPv4 address of your cluster master node  
+* %PVC_STORAGECLASS% -> your storageclass for persistent storage  
+* %PVC_STORAGE_SIZE% -> size of persistent storage, e.g. 4Gi
+* %SMTP_HOST% 
+* %SMTP_USER%
+* %SMTP_PASSWORD%
+* %SMTP_SENDER_ADDRESS%
+* %SMTP_FROM_HEADER%
+```
+wget https://gitea.zwackl.de/dominik/k3s/raw/branch/master/prom-stack-values.yaml
+```
+Install promethous-stack:
+```
+helm -n monitoring upgrade --install -f prom-stack-values.yaml prom-stack prometheus-community/kube-prometheus-stack
+```
+Access grafana web ui via port-forwarding at http://localhost:8080 (or configure an ingress instance):
+```
+kubectl -n monitoring port-forward service/prom-stack-grafana 8080:80
 ```
 
 # HELM charts <a name="user-content-helm"></a>
 Docs:
 * https://helm.sh/docs/intro/using_helm/
 
-Prerequisites:
-* running kubernetes installation
-* kubectl with ENV[KUBECONFIG] pointing to appropriate config file
-* helm
-
 ## Create a chart <a name="user-content-helm-create"></a>
 `helm create helm-test`