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= Prometheus resources

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When you apply the Prometheus configuration, the following resources are created in your Kubernetes cluster and managed by the Prometheus Operator:

* A `ClusterRole` granting Prometheus permissions to read Kafka pod health endpoints and container metrics from cAdvisor and the kubelet.
* A `ServiceAccount` for the Prometheus pods to run under.
* A `ClusterRoleBinding` which binds the `ClusterRole` to the `ServiceAccount`.
* A `Deployment` to manage the Prometheus Operator pod.
* A `PodMonitor` to manage the configuration of the Prometheus pod.
* A `Prometheus` to manage the configuration of the Prometheus pod.
* A `PrometheusRule` to manage alerting rules for the Prometheus pod.
* A `Secret` to manage additional Prometheus settings.
* A `Service` to allow applications running in the cluster to connect to Prometheus (for example, Grafana using Prometheus as datasource).
