Explore Kubernetes observability and learn about groundcover, an eBPF-based monitoring SaaS solution, in this comprehensive 33-minute video. Dive into the challenges of building a complete observability solution for Kubernetes systems and discover how groundcover's Flora eBPF agent outperforms existing monitoring tools. Examine five failure scenarios to understand groundcover's capabilities in quickly identifying and resolving Kubernetes issues without instrumentation. Cover topics such as missing config maps, OOMKilled jobs and deployments, pod security, and trace capture. Learn about groundcover's features including MAP, API catalog, logs, and dashboards. Gain insights into open-source projects like caretta and murre, and understand how the Flora agent enhances Kubernetes monitoring. Perfect for DevOps engineers and Kubernetes administrators looking to improve their observability practices.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction to Observability
Introduction to groundcover
Connecting cluster to groundcover
Groundcover components
Scenario 1 - Missing config map
Scenario 2 - OOMKilled Job
Scenario 3 - OOMkilled Deployment
Scenario 4 - Pod security baseline to privileged
Scenario 5 - Deployment and traces capture
Groundcover MAP feature
Redis, MySQL type of errors
Groundcover Api catalog
Groundcover Logs
Groundcover Dashboards
Flora agent
Groundcover open source projects caretta and murre
Summary and conclusion
Taught by
Kubesimplify
