AI SRE in Practice: Diagnosing AWS CNI IP Exhaustion Before Widespread Outage

In a detailed exploration of AI-driven Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, the text discusses the challenges and resolutions surrounding AWS CNI IP exhaustion in Kubernetes clusters. It describes how traditional troubleshooting of IP exhaustion can be complex and time-consuming, often requiring significant expertise in networking to identify the root cause, which might manifest as service outages, failed pod scheduling, and autoscaling issues. By contrasting this with AI-enhanced approaches, the text illustrates how AI tools, such as Klaudia, can dramatically reduce the time and expertise needed to diagnose and resolve such incidents by immediately identifying the root cause and suggesting remediation steps. This AI-driven approach not only shortens response times and lessens the need for specialized knowledge but also aids in preventing future occurrences through better capacity planning and proactive monitoring. The document emphasizes the broader applicability of these AI techniques across various cloud providers and networking configurations, underscoring their potential to transform infrastructure management by recognizing patterns of network resource exhaustion across diverse environments.