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Go to Connections, click Connect next to Kubernetes, and choose ServiceAccount token (recommended) or paste a kubeconfig with static credentials.

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

Permission catalog version 2026-10-16.1. See permission changes.

ServiceAccount token setup

This works on every cluster, including GKE Autopilot, EKS, and AKS. The token does not expire. Run the commands under How to grant above, then find the API server URL:
If your cluster uses a self-signed CA, also paste the CA certificate: