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OCP Performance Analyzer MCP

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A comprehensive, AI-powered performance analysis and monitoring platform for OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters. This project provides Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for analyzing etcd, network, and OVN-Kubernetes components with deep performance insights, automated root cause analysis, and actionable recommendations.

Table of Contents

Overview

The OCP Performance Analyzer MCP is a multi-component platform designed to monitor and analyze OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster performance across four main areas:

  1. ETCD Analyzer - Comprehensive etcd cluster performance monitoring

  2. Network Analyzer - Network stack performance analysis (L1, sockets, netstat, I/O)

  3. OVN-Kubernetes Analyzer - OVN-Kubernetes networking component analysis

  4. Node Analyzer - Node health and performance monitoring (PLEG, runtime operations, resource usage)

Each component includes:

  • MCP servers exposing performance analysis tools

  • AI-powered agents for intelligent analysis and reporting

  • Data collection tools for Prometheus metrics

  • ELT (Extract-Load-Transform) pipelines for data processing

  • Persistent storage using DuckDB

  • Web interfaces for interactive analysis

Architecture

High-Level Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Client Layer                          │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐  ┌──────────────┐    │
│  │   Web UI     │  │   CLI Tools  │  │   REST API   │    │
│  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬───────┘  └──────┬───────┘    │
└─────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────┘
          │                 │                 │
          └─────────────────┼─────────────────┘
                            │
┌───────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┐
│                    AI Agent Layer (Port 8080)             │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │  LangGraph Agents: Chat, Report, Storage            │  │
│  │  • Streaming responses                              │  │
│  │  • Tool orchestration                               │  │
│  │  • Conversation memory                              │  │
│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└───────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
                            │ MCP Protocol
┌───────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    MCP Server Layer (Port 8000)                             │
│  ┌──────────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │ ETCD Server  │  │ Network Server│  │ OVNK Server   │  │ Node Server   │  │
│  │ 15+ tools    │  │ 10+ tools     │  │ 8+ tools      │  │ 5+ tools      │  │
│  └───────┬──────┘  └────────┬──────┘  └────────┬──────┘  └────────┬──────┘  │
└──────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼─────────┘
           │                  │                  │                  │
┌──────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────────────┼──────────┐
│          │                  │                  │                  │          │
│  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  │
│  │   Tools/      │  │   Tools/      │  │   Tools/      │  │   Tools/      │  │
│  │   Collectors  │  │   Collectors  │  │   Collectors  │  │   Collectors  │  │
│  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  │
│          │                  │                  │                  │          │
│  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  │
│  │   Analysis    │  │   Analysis    │  │   Analysis    │  │   Analysis    │  │
│  │   Modules     │  │   Modules     │  │   Modules     │  │   Modules     │  │
│  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  │
│          │                  │                  │                  │          │
│  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  ┌───────▼───────┐  │
│  │   ELT         │  │   ELT         │  │   ELT         │  │   ELT         │  │
│  │   Pipeline    │  │   Pipeline    │  │   Pipeline    │  │   Pipeline    │  │
│  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  └───────┬───────┘  │
│          │                  │                  │                  │          │
│  ┌───────▼──────────────────▼──────────────────▼──────────────────▼───────┐  │
│  │              Storage Layer (DuckDB)                                    │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                                │
                                ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│         OpenShift/Kubernetes Cluster Infrastructure         │
│  • ETCD Cluster    • Prometheus    • Kubernetes API         │
│  • Master Nodes    • OVN-Kubernetes • Network Components    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Component Architecture

Each analyzer (etcd, network, ovnk) follows a consistent architecture:

  1. MCP Server - FastMCP-based server exposing analysis tools

  2. Tools/Collectors - Specialized metric collectors for Prometheus queries

  3. Analysis Modules - Performance analysis and bottleneck detection

  4. ELT Pipeline - Data transformation and HTML table generation

  5. Storage Modules - DuckDB persistence for historical data

  6. AI Agents - LangGraph-based agents for intelligent analysis

Features

Core Capabilities

  • Multi-Component Analysis: ETCD, Network, and OVN-Kubernetes analyzers

  • MCP Protocol: Model Context Protocol servers for tool exposure

  • AI-Powered: LangGraph agents with OpenAI integration

  • Real-time Monitoring: Live metrics collection and analysis

  • Historical Analysis: DuckDB-based time-series storage

  • Automated Reporting: Executive-ready performance reports

  • Web Interfaces: Interactive chat and analysis UIs

  • Streaming Responses: Real-time result streaming via SSE

ETCD Analyzer Features

  • 15+ Analysis Tools: Cluster status, WAL fsync, backend commit, disk I/O, network I/O, node usage

  • Deep Drive Analysis: Multi-subsystem comprehensive review

  • Bottleneck Detection: Automated performance issue identification

  • Performance Reports: Executive summaries with recommendations

  • Critical Metrics: WAL fsync P99 (<10ms), backend commit P99 (<25ms)

Network Analyzer Features

  • 10+ Analysis Tools: L1 stats, socket statistics (TCP/UDP/IP/mem/softnet), netstat, network I/O

  • Multi-Layer Analysis: Physical layer to application layer metrics

  • Performance Metrics: Throughput, latency, packet statistics, connection tracking

  • Comprehensive Coverage: 95+ network metrics across 9 categories

OVN-Kubernetes Analyzer Features

  • 8+ Analysis Tools: OVN database, kubelet CNI, latency, OVS usage, pod metrics, API stats

  • OVN-Specific Metrics: Northbound/Southbound database sizes, sync performance

  • CNI Analysis: Kubelet and CNI performance metrics

  • OVS Monitoring: Open vSwitch daemon and flow table statistics

Node Analyzer Features

  • 5+ Analysis Tools: Node resource usage, PLEG latency, kubelet runtime operations errors, cluster info, health status

  • PLEG Monitoring: Pod Lifecycle Event Generator relist latency metrics with configurable thresholds

  • Runtime Error Tracking: Kubelet runtime operations error rates by operation type

  • Resource Metrics: CPU, memory, and cgroup usage across node groups (controlplane, worker, infra, workload)

  • Node Group Support: Metrics grouped by node role for targeted analysis

  • Web UI: Markdown-rendered chat interface with color-coded insights and recommendations

Shared Features

  • Configuration Management: YAML-based metrics configuration (11 metric files)

  • Authentication: OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster authentication

  • Prometheus Integration: Direct PromQL query execution

  • Data Visualization: HTML table generation with highlighting

  • Export Capabilities: Reports, data exports, historical queries

Project Structure

ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp/
│
├── analysis/                    # Performance analysis modules
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD-specific analysis
│   │   ├── etcd_performance_deepdrive.py
│   │   └── etcd_performance_report.py
│   ├── net/                     # Network analysis (future)
│   ├── node/                    # Node analysis (future)
│   ├── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes analysis (future)
│   └── utils/                   # Shared analysis utilities
│       └── analysis_utility.py
│
├── config/                      # Configuration management
│   ├── metrics_config_reader.py # Unified metrics loader
│   ├── metrics-alert.yml        # Alert metrics
│   ├── metrics-api.yml          # API server metrics
│   ├── metrics-cni.yml          # CNI metrics
│   ├── metrics-disk.yml         # Disk I/O metrics
│   ├── metrics-etcd.yml         # ETCD metrics (51 metrics)
│   ├── metrics-latency.yml      # Latency metrics
│   ├── metrics-net.yml           # Network metrics (95 metrics)
│   ├── metrics-node.yml          # Node metrics
│   ├── metrics-ovn.yml           # OVN metrics
│   ├── metrics-ovs.yml           # OVS metrics
│   ├── metrics-pods.yml          # Pod metrics
│   ├── README.md                 # Config documentation
│   └── test_metrics_loading.py   # Configuration tests
│
├── elt/                         # Extract-Load-Transform pipeline
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD ELT modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_backend_commit.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_bottleneck_analysis.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_cluster_status.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_compact_defrag.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_general_info.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_performance_deep_drive.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_wal_fsync.py
│   │   └── etcd_analyzer_elt_*.py
│   ├── net/                     # Network ELT modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_network_io.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_network_l1.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_network_netstat4*.py
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_network_socket4*.py
│   ├── node/                    # Node ELT modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_node_usage.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_node_pleg_relist.py
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_node_kubelet_runtime_operations_errors.py
│   ├── ocp/                     # OCP cluster ELT modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_cluster_alert.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_cluster_apistats.py
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_cluster_info.py
│   ├── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes ELT modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_deepdrive.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_kubelet_cni.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_elt_latency.py
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_ovs.py
│   ├── pods/                    # Pod ELT modules
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_pods_usage.py
│   ├── disk/                    # Disk ELT modules
│   │   └── analyzer_elt_disk_io.py
│   └── utils/                   # ELT utilities
│       ├── analyzer_elt_json2table.py  # Generic orchestrator
│       ├── analyzer_elt_utility.py      # Pure utilities
│       └── README.md                    # ELT documentation
│
├── mcp/                         # MCP servers and agents
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD analyzer MCP server
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_mcp_server.py      # Main MCP server
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_client_chat.py     # Chat client (FastAPI)
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_mcp_agent_report.py    # Report agent
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_mcp_agent_stor2db.py   # Storage agent
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_command.sh             # Management script
│   │   ├── etcd_analyzer_cluster.duckdb         # DuckDB database
│   │   ├── exports/                             # Report exports
│   │   ├── logs/                                # Application logs
│   │   ├── storage/                             # Storage modules
│   │   ├── pyproject.toml                       # Package config
│   │   └── README.md                            # ETCD docs
│   ├── net/                     # Network analyzer MCP server
│   │   ├── network_analyzer_mcp_server.py
│   │   ├── network_analyzer_client_chat.py
│   │   ├── network_analyzer_mcp_command.sh
│   │   ├── exports/
│   │   ├── logs/
│   │   └── storage/
│   ├── node/                    # Node analyzer MCP server
│   │   ├── node_analyzer_mcp_server.py      # Main MCP server
│   │   ├── node_analyzer_client_chat.py     # Chat client (FastAPI)
│   │   ├── mcp_tools/                       # Modular MCP tool definitions
│   │   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   │   ├── models.py                    # Pydantic models
│   │   │   ├── health_check.py              # Health status tool
│   │   │   ├── cluster_info.py              # Cluster info tool
│   │   │   ├── node_usage.py                # Node usage tool
│   │   │   ├── node_pleg_relist.py          # PLEG latency tool
│   │   │   └── node_kubelet_runtime_operations_errors.py  # Runtime errors tool
│   │   ├── exports/
│   │   └── logs/
│   └── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes analyzer MCP server
│       ├── ovnk_analyzer_mcp_server.py
│       ├── ovnk_analyzer_mcp_client_chat.py
│       ├── ovnk_analyzer_mcp_command.sh
│       ├── exports/
│       ├── logs/
│       ├── storage/
│       └── README.md
│
├── ocauth/                      # OpenShift authentication
│   └── openshift_auth.py        # K8s/OCP auth, token management
│
├── storage/                     # DuckDB storage modules
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD storage modules
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_backend_commit.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_cluster_info.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_compact_defrag.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_disk_io.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_disk_wal_fsync.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_general_info.py
│   │   ├── analyzer_stor_network_io.py
│   │   └── analyzer_stor_utility.py
│   ├── net/                     # Network storage (future)
│   └── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes storage (future)
│
├── tools/                       # Metric collection tools
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD collectors
│   │   ├── etcd_cluster_status.py
│   │   ├── etcd_general_info.py
│   │   ├── etcd_disk_wal_fsync.py
│   │   ├── etcd_disk_backend_commit.py
│   │   └── etcd_disk_compact_defrag.py
│   ├── net/                     # Network collectors
│   │   ├── network_io.py
│   │   ├── network_l1.py
│   │   ├── network_netstat4tcp.py
│   │   ├── network_netstat4udp.py
│   │   ├── network_socket4tcp.py
│   │   ├── network_socket4udp.py
│   │   ├── network_socket4ip.py
│   │   ├── network_socket4mem.py
│   │   └── network_socket4softnet.py
│   ├── node/                    # Node collectors
│   │   ├── node_usage.py
│   │   ├── node_pleg_relist.py
│   │   └── node_kubelet_runtime_operations_errors.py
│   ├── ocp/                     # OCP collectors
│   │   ├── cluster_info.py
│   │   ├── cluster_apistats.py
│   │   └── cluster_alert.py
│   ├── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes collectors
│   │   ├── ovnk_baseinfo.py
│   │   ├── ovnk_kubelet_cni.py
│   │   ├── ovnk_latency.py
│   │   └── ovnk_ovs_usage.py
│   ├── pods/                    # Pod collectors
│   │   └── pods_usage.py
│   ├── disk/                    # Disk collectors
│   │   └── disk_io.py
│   └── utils/                   # Shared utilities
│       ├── promql_basequery.py  # Base Prometheus queries
│       └── promql_utility.py     # PromQL helpers
│
├── webroot/                     # Web interfaces
│   ├── etcd/                    # ETCD web UI
│   │   └── etcd_analyzer_mcp_llm.html
│   ├── net/                     # Network web UI
│   │   └── network_analyzer_mcp_llm.html
│   ├── node/                    # Node web UI
│   │   └── node_analyzer_mcp_llm.html
│   └── ovnk/                    # OVN-Kubernetes web UI
│       └── ovnk_analyzer_mcp_llm.html
│
├── exports/                     # Generated reports and exports
├── logs/                        # Application logs
├── pyproject.toml               # Main project configuration
├── LICENSE                      # License file
└── README.md                    # This file

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.8 or higher

  • Access to OpenShift/Kubernetes cluster

  • KUBECONFIG configured

  • Prometheus/Thanos accessible

  • OpenAI API key (for AI features)

Step 1: Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/liqcui/ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp.git
cd ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp

Step 2: Create Virtual Environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac
# or
venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

Step 3: Install Dependencies

pip install -e .

Or install from the root pyproject.toml:

pip install -r requirements.txt  # If available

Key Dependencies:

  • fastmcp>=1.12.4 - MCP server framework

  • fastapi>=0.115.7 - Web framework

  • langchain>=0.3.0 - LLM integration

  • langgraph>=0.3.0 - Agent orchestration

  • duckdb>=1.0.0 - Time-series database

  • kubernetes>=30.0.0 - Kubernetes client

  • prometheus-api-client>=0.5.3 - Prometheus queries

  • pydantic>=2.0.0 - Data validation

  • pandas>=2.2.0 - Data processing

  • pyyaml>=6.0.1 - Configuration parsing

Step 4: Configure Environment

Create .env file (optional):

# OpenAI-compatible API configuration
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
BASE_URL=https://your-llm-api-endpoint

# OpenShift configuration
KUBECONFIG=/path/to/your/kubeconfig

# Optional: MCP Inspector
ENABLE_MCP_INSPECTOR=0
MCP_INSPECTOR_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse

Step 5: Verify KUBECONFIG

export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/kubeconfig
kubectl get nodes
oc get clusterversion  # For OpenShift

Quick Start

ETCD Analyzer

cd mcp/etcd

# Start MCP server
./etcd_analyzer_command.sh start

# Or manually
python etcd_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Start chat client (in another terminal)
python etcd_analyzer_client_chat.py

# Access web UI
open http://localhost:8080/ui

Network Analyzer

cd mcp/net

# Start MCP server
./network_analyzer_mcp_command.sh start

# Or manually
python network_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Start chat client
python network_analyzer_client_chat.py

OVN-Kubernetes Analyzer

cd mcp/ovnk

# Start MCP server
./ovnk_analyzer_mcp_command.sh start

# Or manually
python ovnk_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Start chat client
python ovnk_analyzer_mcp_client_chat.py

Node Analyzer

cd mcp/node

# Start MCP server (Port 8004)
python node_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Start chat client (Port 8084) in another terminal
python node_analyzer_client_chat.py

# Access web UI
open http://localhost:8084/ui

Components

1. MCP Servers

Each analyzer exposes an MCP server with specialized tools:

ETCD MCP Server (mcp/etcd/etcd_analyzer_mcp_server.py)

Tools:

  • get_server_health - Server health check

  • get_etcd_cluster_status - Cluster health via etcdctl

  • get_ocp_cluster_info - Cluster information

  • get_etcd_general_info - General etcd metrics

  • get_etcd_node_usage - Master node metrics

  • get_etcd_disk_wal_fsync - WAL fsync performance

  • get_etcd_disk_backend_commit - Backend commit performance

  • get_node_disk_io - Disk I/O metrics

  • get_etcd_disk_compact_defrag - Compaction/defrag metrics

  • get_etcd_network_io - Network I/O metrics

  • get_etcd_performance_deep_drive - Comprehensive analysis

  • get_etcd_bottleneck_analysis - Bottleneck detection

  • generate_etcd_performance_report - Executive report

Network MCP Server (mcp/net/network_analyzer_mcp_server.py)

Tools:

  • get_ocp_cluster_info - Cluster information

  • query_network_l1_metrics - Layer 1 network statistics

  • query_network_io_metrics - Network I/O performance

  • query_network_socket_tcp_metrics - TCP socket statistics

  • query_network_socket_udp_metrics - UDP socket statistics

  • query_network_socket_ip_metrics - IP socket statistics

  • query_network_socket_mem_metrics - Socket memory statistics

  • query_network_socket_softnet_metrics - Softnet statistics

  • query_network_netstat_tcp_metrics - TCP netstat metrics

  • query_network_netstat_udp_metrics - UDP netstat metrics

OVN-Kubernetes MCP Server (mcp/ovnk/ovnk_analyzer_mcp_server.py)

Tools:

  • get_ocp_cluster_info - Cluster information

  • query_ovnk_pod_metrics - OVN-Kubernetes pod metrics

  • query_multus_pod_metrics - Multus CNI metrics

  • query_ovnk_container_metrics - OVN container metrics

  • query_ovnk_sync_metrics - OVN synchronization metrics

  • query_ovnk_ovs_metrics - OVS daemon metrics

  • query_ovnk_latency_metrics - Network latency metrics

  • query_kube_api_metrics - Kubernetes API metrics

Node MCP Server (mcp/node/node_analyzer_mcp_server.py)

Tools:

  • get_server_health - Server health check and collector initialization status

  • get_ocp_cluster_info - Cluster information and node inventory

  • get_ocp_node_usage - Node resource usage (CPU, memory, cgroup) by node group

  • get_ocp_node_pleg_latency - PLEG relist latency metrics with thresholds

    • Healthy: < 1s

    • Warning: 1-10s

    • Critical: > 10s (default), configurable to 3 minutes

  • get_ocp_node_runtime_errors - Kubelet runtime operations error rates

    • Healthy: < 0.01 errors/sec

    • Warning: 0.01-0.1 errors/sec

    • Critical: 0.1-1 errors/sec

    • Severe: > 1 error/sec

Features:

  • Modular tool architecture in mcp_tools/ directory

  • Node group support (controlplane, worker, infra, workload)

  • Comprehensive health summary with node-level metrics

  • Markdown-based chat UI with syntax highlighting

  • Real-time streaming responses

2. Tools/Collectors

Specialized collectors organized by category:

  • ETCD: Cluster status, general info, WAL fsync, backend commit, compact/defrag

  • Network: I/O, L1, sockets (TCP/UDP/IP/mem/softnet), netstat (TCP/UDP)

  • Node: CPU, memory, cgroup usage, PLEG relist latency, kubelet runtime operations errors

    • nodeUsageCollector - Node resource metrics (CPU, memory, cgroup)

    • plegRelistCollector - Pod Lifecycle Event Generator latency metrics

    • kubeletRuntimeOperationsErrorsCollector - Runtime operation error rates by type

  • OCP: Cluster info, API stats, alerts

  • OVNK: OVN database, kubelet CNI, latency, OVS usage

  • Pods: Pod and container metrics

  • Disk: Disk I/O performance

3. Analysis Modules

Performance analysis and reporting:

  • Deep Drive Analysis: Multi-subsystem comprehensive review

  • Bottleneck Detection: Automated issue identification

  • Performance Reports: Executive summaries with recommendations

  • Baseline Comparison: Current vs. target performance

  • Root Cause Analysis: Script-based + AI-powered RCA

4. ELT Pipeline

Extract-Load-Transform for data processing:

  • Generic Orchestrator: Routes data to metric-specific handlers

  • Metric Handlers: Specialized ELT modules per metric type

  • HTML Generation: Formatted tables with highlighting

  • Data Transformation: JSON to structured DataFrames

5. Storage Layer

DuckDB-based persistent storage:

  • Time-Series Data: Efficient temporal data storage

  • Schema Management: Automatic table creation and migration

  • Query Interface: SQL-based data access

  • Historical Analysis: Long-term performance tracking

6. AI Agents

LangGraph-based intelligent agents:

  • Chat Agent: Conversational interface with tool execution

  • Report Agent: Automated performance report generation

  • Storage Agent: Data collection and persistence

Configuration

Metrics Configuration

Metrics are defined in YAML files under config/:

  • metrics-etcd.yml - 51 ETCD metrics across 5 categories

  • metrics-net.yml - 95 network metrics across 9 categories

  • metrics-api.yml - 15 API server metrics

  • metrics-disk.yml - 8 disk I/O metrics

  • metrics-node.yml - 5 node metrics

  • metrics-ovn.yml - 2 OVN metrics

  • metrics-ovs.yml - 18 OVS metrics

  • metrics-pods.yml - 6 pod metrics

  • metrics-cni.yml - 18 CNI metrics

  • metrics-latency.yml - 18 latency metrics

  • metrics-alert.yml - Alert metrics

See config/README.md for detailed configuration documentation.

Environment Variables

# Required
export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/kubeconfig

# Optional - automatically set to UTC
export TZ=UTC

# LLM Configuration
export OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key
export BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1

# MCP Inspector (optional)
export ENABLE_MCP_INSPECTOR=1
export MCP_INSPECTOR_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse

# Logging
export LOG_LEVEL=INFO
export OVNK_LOG_LEVEL=INFO

Performance Thresholds

Default thresholds (configurable in analysis modules):

thresholds = {
    'wal_fsync_p99_ms': 10.0,              # Critical for write performance
    'backend_commit_p99_ms': 25.0,         # Critical for persistence
    'cpu_usage_warning': 70.0,             # Pod CPU warning
    'cpu_usage_critical': 85.0,            # Pod CPU critical
    'memory_usage_warning': 70.0,           # Pod memory warning
    'memory_usage_critical': 85.0,         # Pod memory critical
    'peer_latency_warning_ms': 50.0,       # Network warning
    'peer_latency_critical_ms': 100.0,     # Network critical
    'network_utilization_warning': 70.0,   # Network utilization warning
    'network_utilization_critical': 85.0,  # Network utilization critical
}

Usage Examples

Example 1: ETCD Performance Analysis

# Start ETCD analyzer
cd mcp/etcd
./etcd_analyzer_command.sh start

# In web UI, ask:
"Analyze etcd performance for the last hour"
"Show me WAL fsync performance"
"Generate a performance report for the last 24 hours"

Example 2: Network Analysis

# Start network analyzer
cd mcp/net
python network_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Query network metrics
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/tools/query_network_io_metrics \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"duration": "1h"}'

Example 3: OVN-Kubernetes Analysis

# Start OVN-Kubernetes analyzer
cd mcp/ovnk
python ovnk_analyzer_mcp_server.py

# Query OVN metrics
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/tools/query_ovnk_pod_metrics \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"duration": "1h"}'

Example 4: Performance Report Generation

# Using ETCD report agent
cd mcp/etcd
python etcd_analyzer_mcp_agent_report.py

# Follow prompts:
# 1. Select duration mode or time range mode
# 2. Enter duration (e.g., "1h") or time range
# 3. View streaming analysis and report

Example 5: Data Storage

# Using ETCD storage agent
cd mcp/etcd
python etcd_analyzer_mcp_agent_stor2db.py

# Data stored in etcd_analyzer_cluster.duckdb
# Query stored data:
python -c "
import duckdb
conn = duckdb.connect('etcd_analyzer_cluster.duckdb')
result = conn.execute('SELECT * FROM wal_fsync_p99_latency LIMIT 10').fetchall()
print(result)
"

API Reference

MCP Server Endpoints

All MCP servers expose tools via HTTP/SSE:

  • Base URL: http://localhost:8000

  • Health Check: GET /health

  • Tools: POST /tools/{tool_name}

Chat Client Endpoints

AI chat clients expose REST APIs:

  • Base URL: http://localhost:8080

  • Web UI: GET /ui or GET /

  • Streaming Chat: POST /chat/stream

  • Non-streaming Chat: POST /chat

  • Health: GET /api/mcp/health

  • Tools List: GET /api/tools

Tool Parameters

Common parameters across tools:

  • duration (str): Time duration (e.g., "5m", "1h", "24h")

  • start_time (str, optional): Start time in ISO format

  • end_time (str, optional): End time in ISO format

See individual component READMEs for detailed API documentation:

  • mcp/etcd/README.md - ETCD analyzer API

  • mcp/ovnk/README.md - OVN-Kubernetes analyzer API

  • config/README.md - Configuration API

  • elt/utils/README.md - ELT pipeline API

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. MCP Server Won't Start

Solutions:

# Check KUBECONFIG
echo $KUBECONFIG
kubectl get nodes

# Check if port 8000 is in use
lsof -i :8000

# Check logs
tail -f logs/mcp_server_*.log

2. Authentication Failures

Solutions:

# Verify KUBECONFIG
export KUBECONFIG=/path/to/kubeconfig
kubectl auth can-i get pods -n openshift-etcd

# Check Prometheus access
kubectl get route -n openshift-monitoring

3. Missing Metrics

Solutions:

# Verify Prometheus is accessible
oc get pods -n openshift-monitoring | grep prometheus

# Check metric availability
oc exec -n openshift-monitoring prometheus-k8s-0 -- \
  promtool query instant http://localhost:9090 \
  'etcd_disk_wal_fsync_duration_seconds_bucket'

4. LLM API Errors

Solutions:

# Check .env file
cat .env | grep OPENAI_API_KEY

# Test API connection
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
  $BASE_URL/models

Debug Mode

Enable verbose logging:

export LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
export OVNK_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
python mcp/etcd/etcd_analyzer_mcp_server.py

Contributing

Development Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/liqcui/ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp.git
cd ocp-performance-analyzer-mcp

# Create development environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

# Install development dependencies
pip install pytest pytest-asyncio black flake8 mypy

Code Style

# Format code
black .

# Lint code
flake8 .

# Type checking
mypy .

Adding New Metrics

  1. Define metric in appropriate config/metrics-*.yml file

  2. Add collector in tools/{category}/ directory

  3. Add ELT handler in elt/{category}/ directory

  4. Add storage module in storage/{category}/ directory

  5. Register tool in MCP server

  6. Update documentation

Testing

# Run tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=. --cov-report=html

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Support

For issues and questions:

  1. Check the troubleshooting section

  2. Review component-specific READMEs

  3. Check logs in logs/ directories

  4. Open an issue with detailed logs and configuration

Acknowledgments

Roadmap

Planned Features

  • Multi-cluster support

  • Historical trend analysis

  • Anomaly detection with ML

  • Custom alert rules

  • Grafana integration

  • Slack/Teams notifications

  • Performance prediction

  • Automated remediation suggestions

  • Kubernetes native deployment (Helm charts)

  • Real-time streaming metrics

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