# Openshift pod count into elastic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openshift-pod-count-into-elastic/380658>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 1, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openshift-pod-count-into-elastic/380658 "2025-08-01T12:01:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/openshift-pod-count-into-elastic/380658/1 "2025-08-01T12:01:06Z")

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I have a number of projects in openshift, and each project can have multiple pods running.

I'd like to visualise that data in kibana, but need it stored in elastic first.

how do I get elastic to gather that data? It would need to be in a format that can have a line graph of it for each project.

The idea would then be to create an alarm when the count of pod changes, as this likely identifies something worth investigating.

I have no skills in openshift or elastic/kibana, so any suggestions would need to give sufficient information that I can follow.