Enable cost allocation in Google Cloud for Kubernetes cluster

Enable cost allocation for each Kubernetes cluster before you run a Google Cloud Billing download job to view the Kubernetes spend.

Before you begin

Role required: Google Cloud administrator

• You should be familiar with Google Cloud policies.
• Install Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application (sn_itom_pattern) 1.10.2 or higher. For more information, see Install Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns.
• Install CMDB CI Class Models (sn_cmdb_ci_class) version 1.53.1 or higher. For more information, see CMDB CI Class Models.
• To set up Kubernetes discovery, see Kubernetes discovery using patterns.

About this task

• For identifying resources for Kubernetes clusters during billing download, the tag sn_ccm_k8_cluster_name is added to the resources, which already have goog-k8s-cluster-name tags.
• You must enable cost allocation for each individual Kubernetes cluster.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Google Cloud Console.
2. Select the menu icon .
3. Select Kubernetes Engine.
4. Select Clusters.
5. In the Overview section, select a cluster name.
6. In the Features section, select Cost Allocation.

Result

The cost allocation for the selected Kubernetes cluster is enabled and you can view the Kubernetes spend.