diff --git a/internal/pkg/config/config.go b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
index 05afd0bf..e518931a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ type Config struct {
 			OtelPushInterval            uint8             `toml:"push_interval"`
 			OtelServerStatFetchInterval uint8             `toml:"server_stat_fetch_interval"`
 		} `toml:"OpenTelemetry"`
+
+		IsKubernetes      bool
+		KubernetesPodName string
 	} `toml:"Agent"`
 
 	Aerospike struct {
@@ -200,6 +203,27 @@ func (c *Config) FetchCloudInfo(md toml.MetaData) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Config) FetchKubernetesInfo(md toml.MetaData) {
+	// use kubectl to fetch required Kubernetes context and find the required Kubenetes environment variables
+	envKubeServiceHost := os.Getenv("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST")
+
+	Cfg.Agent.IsKubernetes = false
+
+	if envKubeServiceHost != "" && len(strings.TrimSpace(envKubeServiceHost)) > 0 {
+		Cfg.Agent.IsKubernetes = true
+		log.Info("Exporter is running in Kubernetes")
+
+		// get host-name
+		var err error
+		Cfg.Agent.KubernetesPodName, err = os.Hostname()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorln(err)
+			return
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
 // Initialize exporter configuration
 func InitConfig(configFile string) {
 	// to print everything out regarding reading the config in app init
@@ -225,6 +249,8 @@ func InitConfig(configFile string) {
 
 	Cfg.ValidateAndUpdate(md)
 	Cfg.FetchCloudInfo(md)
+
+	Cfg.FetchKubernetesInfo(md)
 }
 
 // Set log file path
diff --git a/internal/pkg/executors/otel_metrics.go b/internal/pkg/executors/otel_metrics.go
index 691e05fc..8254810d 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/executors/otel_metrics.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/executors/otel_metrics.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ func sendNodeUp(meter metric.Meter, ctx context.Context, commonLabels []attribut
 		metric.WithDescription("Aerospike node active status"),
 	)
 
+	if config.Cfg.Agent.IsKubernetes {
+		statprocessors.Service = config.Cfg.Agent.KubernetesPodName
+	}
+
 	labels := []attribute.KeyValue{
 		attribute.String("cluster_name", statprocessors.ClusterName),
 		attribute.String("service", statprocessors.Service),
diff --git a/internal/pkg/executors/prometheus.go b/internal/pkg/executors/prometheus.go
index 055f0040..ed2b28f5 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/executors/prometheus.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/executors/prometheus.go
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ func (o *PrometheusImpl) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// if kubernetes then send host-name/pod-name else send server-ip as-isnh
+	if config.Cfg.Agent.IsKubernetes {
+		statprocessors.Service = config.Cfg.Agent.KubernetesPodName
+	}
 	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(nodeActiveDesc, prometheus.GaugeValue, 1.0, statprocessors.ClusterName, statprocessors.Service, statprocessors.Build)
 
 	for _, wm := range refreshed_metrics {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_host_systeminfo.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_host_systeminfo.go
index 104c6c0e..26e7bbe5 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_host_systeminfo.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_host_systeminfo.go
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ func getNetworkInfo() []AerospikeStat {
 	arrReceiveStats, arrTransferStats := dataprovider.GetSystemProvider().GetNetDevStats()
 
 	// netdev receive
-	clusterName := ClusterName
-	service := Service
 	for _, stats := range arrReceiveStats {
 		deviceName := stats["device_name"]
 		statName := "receive_bytes_total"
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ func getNetworkInfo() []AerospikeStat {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		labelValues := []string{clusterName, service, deviceName}
+		labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, deviceName}
 
 		allowed := isMetricAllowed(commons.CTX_SYSINFO_NETWORK_STATS, statName)
 		sysMetric := NewAerospikeStat(commons.CTX_SYSINFO_NETWORK_STATS, statName, allowed)
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ func getNetworkInfo() []AerospikeStat {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		labelValues := []string{clusterName, service, deviceName}
+		labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, deviceName}
 		allowed := isMetricAllowed(commons.CTX_SYSINFO_NETWORK_STATS, statName)
 		sysMetric := NewAerospikeStat(commons.CTX_SYSINFO_NETWORK_STATS, statName, allowed)
 		sysMetric.Labels = networkLabels
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_latency.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_latency.go
index 614a7e09..d38dd0a2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_latency.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_latency.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	commons "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/commons"
-	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/config"
+	config "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/config"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_namespaces.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_namespaces.go
index de364b65..93998bc3 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_namespaces.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_namespaces.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (nw *NamespaceStatsProcessor) refreshIndexPressure(singleInfoKey string, in
 		nsName := values[0]
 
 		labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS}
-		labelValues := []string{rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName], rawMetrics[Infokey_Service], nsName}
+		labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, nsName}
 
 		// Server index-pressure output: test:0:0;bar_device:0:0;materials:0:0
 		//  ignore first element - namespace
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (nw *NamespaceStatsProcessor) refreshNamespaceStats(singleInfoKey string, i
 		// default: aerospike_namespace_<stat-name>
 		constructedStatname = stat
 		labels = []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS}
-		labelValues = []string{rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName], rawMetrics[Infokey_Service], nsName}
+		labelValues = []string{ClusterName, Service, nsName}
 
 		if isArrayType {
 			constructedStatname, labels, labelValues = nw.handleArrayStats(nsName, stat, pv, stats, deviceType, rawMetrics)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (nw *NamespaceStatsProcessor) handleArrayStats(nsName string, statToProcess
 	compositeStatName := deviceType + "_" + statType + "_" + statName
 	deviceOrFileName := allNamespaceStats[deviceType+"."+statType+"["+statIndex+"]"]
 	labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS, statType + "_index", statType}
-	labelValues := []string{rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName], rawMetrics[Infokey_Service], nsName, statIndex, deviceOrFileName}
+	labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, nsName, statIndex, deviceOrFileName}
 
 	return compositeStatName, labels, labelValues
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_node_stats.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_node_stats.go
index f1355a90..6282a912 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_node_stats.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_node_stats.go
@@ -42,17 +42,14 @@ func (sw *NodeStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]s
 	log.Tracef("node-configs:%s", nodeConfigs)
 	log.Tracef("node-stats:%s", nodeStats)
 
-	clusterName := rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName]
-	service := rawMetrics[Infokey_Service]
-
 	// we are sending configs and stats in same refresh call, as both are being sent to prom, instead of doing prom-push in 2 functions
 	// handle configs
 	var allMetricsToSend = []AerospikeStat{}
 
-	lCfgMetricsToSend := sw.handleRefresh(nodeConfigs, clusterName, service)
+	lCfgMetricsToSend := sw.handleRefresh(nodeConfigs)
 
 	// handle stats
-	lStatMetricsToSend := sw.handleRefresh(nodeStats, clusterName, service)
+	lStatMetricsToSend := sw.handleRefresh(nodeStats)
 
 	// merge both array into single
 	allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, lCfgMetricsToSend...)
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ func (sw *NodeStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]s
 	return allMetricsToSend, nil
 }
 
-func (sw *NodeStatsProcessor) handleRefresh(nodeRawMetrics string, clusterName string, service string) []AerospikeStat {
+func (sw *NodeStatsProcessor) handleRefresh(nodeRawMetrics string) []AerospikeStat {
 
 	stats := commons.ParseStats(nodeRawMetrics, ";")
 
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ func (sw *NodeStatsProcessor) handleRefresh(nodeRawMetrics string, clusterName s
 		}
 
 		labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE}
-		labelValues := []string{clusterName, service}
+		labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service}
 
 		// pushToPrometheus(asMetric, pv, labels, labelsValues)
 		asMetric.updateValues(pv, labels, labelValues)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sets.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sets.go
index 8a938d5a..562cad65 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sets.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sets.go
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ func (sw *SetsStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]s
 	var allMetricsToSend = []AerospikeStat{}
 
 	for i := range setStats {
-		clusterName := rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName]
-		service := rawMetrics[Infokey_Service]
-
 		stats := commons.ParseStats(setStats[i], ":")
 		for stat, value := range stats {
 			pv, err := commons.TryConvert(value)
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ func (sw *SetsStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]s
 			}
 
 			labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SET}
-			labelValues := []string{clusterName, service, stats["ns"], stats["set"]}
+			labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, stats["ns"], stats["set"]}
 
 			// pushToPrometheus(asMetric, pv, labels, labelsValues, ch)
 			asMetric.updateValues(pv, labels, labelValues)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sindex.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sindex.go
index 0bc5ee2d..f680c47c 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sindex.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_sindex.go
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ func (siw *SindexStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[strin
 			sindexName := sindexInfoKeySplit[1]
 			log.Tracef("sindex-stats:%s:%s:%s", nsName, sindexName, rawMetrics[sindex])
 
-			clusterName := rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName]
-			service := rawMetrics[Infokey_Service]
-
 			stats := commons.ParseStats(rawMetrics[sindex], ";")
 			for stat, value := range stats {
 				pv, err := commons.TryConvert(value)
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ func (siw *SindexStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[strin
 				}
 
 				labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SINDEX}
-				labelValues := []string{clusterName, service, nsName, sindexName}
+				labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, nsName, sindexName}
 
 				asMetric.updateValues(pv, labels, labelValues)
 				allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, asMetric)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_users.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_users.go
index f623489a..8fb774cc 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_users.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_users.go
@@ -122,21 +122,21 @@ func (uw *UserStatsProcessor) refreshUserStats(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map
 		readInfoStats := []string{"read_quota", "read_single_record_tps", "read_scan_query_rps", "limitless_read_scan_query"}
 		writeInfoStats := []string{"write_quota", "write_single_record_tps", "write_scan_query_rps", "limitless_write_scan_query"}
 
-		asMetric, labels, labelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(rawMetrics, "conns_in_use", user.User)
+		asMetric, labels, labelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat("conns_in_use", user.User)
 		asMetric.updateValues(float64(user.ConnsInUse), labels, labelValues)
 		allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, asMetric)
 
 		if len(user.ReadInfo) >= 4 && len(user.WriteInfo) >= 4 {
 
 			for idxReadinfo := 0; idxReadinfo < len(user.ReadInfo); idxReadinfo++ {
-				riAeroMetric, riLabels, riLabelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(rawMetrics, readInfoStats[idxReadinfo], user.User)
+				riAeroMetric, riLabels, riLabelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(readInfoStats[idxReadinfo], user.User)
 				riAeroMetric.updateValues(float64(user.ReadInfo[idxReadinfo]), riLabels, riLabelValues)
 
 				allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, riAeroMetric)
 
 			}
 			for idxWriteinfo := 0; idxWriteinfo < len(user.WriteInfo); idxWriteinfo++ {
-				wiAeroMetric, wiLabels, wiLabelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(rawMetrics, writeInfoStats[idxWriteinfo], user.User)
+				wiAeroMetric, wiLabels, wiLabelValues := internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(writeInfoStats[idxWriteinfo], user.User)
 				wiAeroMetric.updateValues(float64(user.WriteInfo[idxWriteinfo]), wiLabels, wiLabelValues)
 				allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, wiAeroMetric)
 
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ func (uw *UserStatsProcessor) refreshUserStats(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map
 	return allMetricsToSend, nil
 }
 
-func internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(rawMetrics map[string]string, pStatName string, username string) (AerospikeStat, []string, []string) {
+func internalCreateLocalAerospikeStat(pStatName string, username string) (AerospikeStat, []string, []string) {
 	labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_USER}
-	labelValues := []string{rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName], rawMetrics[Infokey_Service], username}
+	labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, username}
 	allowed := isMetricAllowed(commons.CTX_USERS, pStatName)
 	asMetric := NewAerospikeStat(commons.CTX_USERS, pStatName, allowed)
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_xdr.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_xdr.go
index 40af77b0..c3d074e6 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_xdr.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/sp_xdr.go
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ func (xw *XdrStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]st
 		xw.xdrMetrics = make(map[string]AerospikeStat)
 	}
 
-	clusterName := rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName]
-	service := rawMetrics[Infokey_Service]
-
 	var allMetricsToSend = []AerospikeStat{}
 
 	for _, key := range infoKeys {
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ func (xw *XdrStatsProcessor) Refresh(infoKeys []string, rawMetrics map[string]st
 		xdrRawMetrics := rawMetrics[key]
 		// find and construct metric name
 		dcName, ns, metricPrefix := xw.constructMetricNamePrefix(key)
-		tmpXdrMetricsToSend := xw.handleRefresh(key, xdrRawMetrics, clusterName, service, dcName, ns, metricPrefix)
+		tmpXdrMetricsToSend := xw.handleRefresh(key, xdrRawMetrics, dcName, ns, metricPrefix)
 
 		allMetricsToSend = append(allMetricsToSend, tmpXdrMetricsToSend...)
 	}
@@ -108,7 +105,7 @@ func (xw *XdrStatsProcessor) constructMetricNamePrefix(infoKeyToProcess string)
 }
 
 func (xw *XdrStatsProcessor) handleRefresh(infoKeyToProcess string, xdrRawMetrics string,
-	clusterName string, service string, dcName string, ns string, metricPrefix string) []AerospikeStat {
+	dcName string, ns string, metricPrefix string) []AerospikeStat {
 	log.Tracef("xdr-%s:%s", infoKeyToProcess, xdrRawMetrics)
 
 	stats := commons.ParseStats(xdrRawMetrics, ";")
@@ -129,12 +126,12 @@ func (xw *XdrStatsProcessor) handleRefresh(infoKeyToProcess string, xdrRawMetric
 		}
 
 		labels := []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_DC_NAME}
-		labelValues := []string{clusterName, service, dcName}
+		labelValues := []string{ClusterName, Service, dcName}
 
 		// if namespace exists, add it to the label and label-values array
 		if len(ns) > 0 {
 			labels = []string{commons.METRIC_LABEL_CLUSTER_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_SERVICE, commons.METRIC_LABEL_DC_NAME, commons.METRIC_LABEL_NS}
-			labelValues = []string{clusterName, service, dcName, ns}
+			labelValues = []string{ClusterName, Service, dcName, ns}
 		}
 
 		// pushToPrometheus(asMetric, pv, labels, labelsValues, ch)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/statsrefresh.go b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/statsrefresh.go
index ba36f3eb..1982bcc4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/statprocessors/statsrefresh.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/statprocessors/statsrefresh.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package statprocessors
 
 import (
 	commons "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/commons"
+	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/aerospike/aerospike-prometheus-exporter/internal/pkg/dataprovider"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ func Refresh() ([]AerospikeStat, error) {
 
 	// set global values
 	ClusterName, Service, Build = rawMetrics[Infokey_ClusterName], rawMetrics[Infokey_Service], rawMetrics[Infokey_Build]
+	if config.Cfg.Agent.IsKubernetes {
+		Service = config.Cfg.Agent.KubernetesPodName
+	}
 
 	// sanitize the utf8 strings before sending them to watchers
 	for k, v := range rawMetrics {