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title: Kubernetes pod metrics
description: To analyze Kubernetes pod metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add custom metrics. For information...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4187/reference/observability/observability-kubernetes-pod-metrics
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Observability
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# Kubernetes pod metrics
To analyze Kubernetes pod metrics, you can select view filters based on the following predefined metrics, or you can add [custom metrics](/elastic/docs-content/pull/4187/solutions/observability/infra-and-hosts/view-infrastructure-metrics-by-resource-type#custom-metrics).

|                                      |                                                                                           |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **CPU Usage**CPU Usage               | Average of `kubernetes.pod.cpu.usage.node.pct`.                                           |
| **Memory Usage**Memory Usage         | Average of `kubernetes.pod.memory.usage.node.pct`.                                        |
| **Inbound Traffic**Inbound Traffic   | Derivative of the maximum of `kubernetes.pod.network.rx.bytes` scaled to a 1 second rate. |
| **Outbound Traffic**Outbound Traffic | Derivative of the maximum of `kubernetes.pod.network.tx.bytes` scaled to a 1 second rate. |

For information about the fields used by the Infrastructure UI to display Kubernetes pod metrics, see the [Infrastructure app fields](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4187/reference/observability/fields-and-object-schemas).