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# Introduction

This section provides step-by-step instructions for enabling, collecting, and viewing Kubernetes pod metrics. It explains how to configure your cluster to scrape metrics, annotate pods for metric collection, and aggregate metrics using Prometheus. The guide is intended for platform engineers, DevOps teams, and developers who need to monitor application performance, resource usage, and custom metrics from their Kubernetes workloads.