What Ordyn reads
Pod logs, Kubernetes events such as restarts and OOM kills, and pod status by namespace.Permissions
The ServiceAccount token needs get, list and watch on pods, pods/log, namespaces and events, plus get and list on pod metrics (metrics.k8s.io) for pod CPU and memory. The setup command grants both.Pods, logs and events
Read pod logs, Kubernetes events such as restarts and OOM kills, and pod status by namespace. Granted by:ClusterRole log-reader.
Pod metrics
Read pod CPU and memory from the metrics API. Only needed if you want pod metrics; without it, they show as unavailable.How to grant
Create a read-only ServiceAccount
Create a read-only ServiceAccount
2026-10-16.1. See permission changes.