New Relic at re:Invent—Kubernetes observability use cases
Blog post from New Relic
New Relic's blog post discusses their integration with Pixie, a tool designed to enhance the observability of Kubernetes clusters, which was showcased at AWS re:Invent. Natalie Serrino, a Principal Software Engineer, highlights how this integration allows users to gain immediate baseline visibility into their Kubernetes environments with a single Helm command, enabling monitoring of services, deployments, pods, CPU usage, memory usage, and request throughput. Additionally, the integration helps identify slow or frequently accessed endpoints by collapsing wildcard URLs into logical endpoints for easier debugging. Omid Azizi, another Principal Software Engineer, explains the role of eBPF in observability, likening it to an automated debugger that uses trace points to gather data at specific code locations, thus enhancing the monitoring capabilities within the Linux kernel. The blog also directs readers to further resources and presentations available at AWS re:Invent for a deeper understanding of these tools.