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title: Enabling Cluster Monitoring Declaratively in Akuity Platform
description: To Activate Cluster Monitoring Using a Declarative Approach in AKP
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# Enabling Cluster Monitoring Declaratively in Akuity Platform

## To Activate Cluster Monitoring Using a Declarative Approach in AKP

To enable monitoring for a specific cluster in the Akuity Platform, use the declarative approach by setting the `multiClusterK8sDashboardEnabled` field under the `spec.data` section of the `Cluster` resource definition.

This option enables cluster-level monitoring features such as metrics and dashboards for the specified cluster.

`apiVersion: argocd.akuity.io/v1alpha1`  
`kind: Cluster`  
`metadata:`  
`  name: my-cluster`  
`  namespace: akuity`  
`spec:`  
`  data:`  
`    appReplication: false`  
`    autoUpgradeDisabled: false`  
`    datadogAnnotationsEnabled: false`  
`    eksAddonEnabled: false`  
`    kustomization:`  
`      apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1`  
`      kind: Kustomization`  
`      patches:`  
`      - patch: |`  
`          apiVersion: apps/v1`  
`          ...`  
`    multiClusterK8sDashboardEnabled: true  # Enables monitoring`  
`    redisTunneling: false`  
`    size: small`  
`    targetVersion: 0.5.58`

Once this manifest is applied, monitoring is activated for the specified cluster via the multi-cluster Kubernetes dashboard integration.

For further kustomization, consider reviewing the cluster specification documentation on the [Akuity Docs site](https://docs.akuity.io/reference/declarative-specs/argo-cd-instance-specs/cluster-spec).

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