observability

telco infrastructure evolves toward 6G architectures, the underlying technologies enabling these networks are undergoing a fundamental transformation. Cloud-native network functions (CNFs) have replaced traditional monolithic systems, bringing the benefits of…

While none of the above points should cause a rethink of open source monitoring, users should invest in proper training, carefully plan their deployment, actively participate in the community, and consider adopting complementary tools to create a more robust and scalable observability solution.

Readers of this blog may have noticed a consistent theme over the last 8 years, cloud-native technology has begun slowly transforming virtualized data centers into containerized data centers.

We introduce Cilium, an open source community-driven project that aims to drive software-driven networking, network observability, and monitoring for cloud-native microservice-based deployments on Kubernetes and other container orchestration platforms.

Using the above architecture and dataflow model, eBPF programs can be attached to key ingress and egress points when the kernel processes networking packets. That leads us to SDN, monitoring, tracing et al.

This post is an introduction to eBPF where we will discuss the key capabilities Solutions Architects and Technology Managers should look for. We will follow up with a deep-dive around individual capabilities in the following posts.