The Must Have Tool for Devops & SREs
Alex Jones from Canonical describes why Kubeshark is a must have tool for Devops and SREs, and provides a brief history of Wireshark and the importance of network analysis.
The API Traffic Analyzer for kubernetes
Real-time Kubernetes protocol-level visibility, capturing and monitoring all traffic going in, out and across containers, pods, namespaces, nodes and clusters.
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How to deploy Kubeshark?
Step 1
Install the CLI using a simple shell script:
sh <(curl -Ls https://kubeshark.co/install)Alternatively, you can download the latest release of Kubeshark CLI directly from GitHub
Step 2
Start capturing traffic:
kubeshark tapReady!
Step 1
Add the Helm repository and install:
helm repo add kubeshark https://helm.kubeshark.co && \
helm install kubeshark kubeshark/kubesharkStep 2
Enable dashboard access:
kubectl port-forward service/kubeshark-front 8899:80Step 3
Visit localhost:8899 to view real time streaming traffic
Ready!
Step 1
Add the Homebrew repository and install:
brew tap kubeshark/kubeshark && \
brew install kubesharkStep 2
Start capturing traffic:
kubeshark tapReady!
Step 1
Clone:
git clone https://github.com/kubeshark/kubeshark.gitStep 2
Build:
cd kubeshark && makeStep 3
Start capturing traffic:
./bin/kubeshark__ tapReady!
kubernetesnetwork is a blindspot
Investigation & API Debugging
Gain protocol-level visibility into K8s' internal network across all parts of the cluster.
Refine your investigation using a rich query language.
Unravel the intricate web of relationships with an identity-aware service map.
Traffic Recording & Offline Investigation
Stop holding your breath while waiting for symptoms to appear as you watch.
Capture the last hour/day/week of selected pods' traffic and create immutable snapshots.
Conduct your investigation offline at your discretion using Kubeshark's dashboard in conjunction with the rest of your observability stack.
Detection Engineering & Telemetry
Detect suspicious network behaviors in real-time.
Trigger alerts and stream network metrics and schema-free documents to your preferred telemetry or log aggregation application.
Create custom logic scripts in conjunction with OSI L4/L7 hooks.
Get going in < 60 seconds
What are people saying about Kubeshark
Understand Traffic Flow in K8s
Abhishek Veeramalla from Red Hat uses Kubeshark to demonstrate how traffic is flowing in K8s as part of a complete DevOps course.
Kubeshark: Wireshark for Kubernetes
Harsha Koushik, a security engineer, is using Kubeshark for traffic monitoring and threat modeling while comparing to other tools in the industry.