What do the Kubernetes namespaces represent in the Dynatrace real-time inventory?

Kubernetes namespaces in Dynatrace are utilized to organize and manage resources within a Kubernetes cluster. They serve as a mechanism to separate and categorize different environments or stages of application deployment, such as development, staging, and production. This logical separation enables teams to manage resources more effectively, avoid conflicts, and maintain clear boundary lines between different application stages.

By representing distinct stages in the service architecture, namespaces become integral to how Dynatrace visualizes and monitors various components of a microservices environment. This categorization is crucial for observability, as it allows users to filter and analyze metrics, logs, and traces based on the specific namespace they are interested in, thereby gaining insights into performance and issues related to different deployments.

In contrast, while labels for monitoring tools, categorization of microservices, and versions of the product could be relevant aspects of managing services within Kubernetes or Dynatrace, they do not accurately define the role of Kubernetes namespaces in the context of real-time inventory.