Enhancing Observability with Inspektor Gadget

Thorough observation is essential for a smooth cloud experience. Azure provides a variety of general-purpose observability tools, but you may want to create your own custom tools. inspector gadget It is an open source framework that makes custom data collection easy. Microsoft recently added new features to Inspektor Gadget to further enhance its modular framework, making it easier to meet your specific system scanning needs. Of course, we also made it easy for AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) users to use it.

Inspektor Gadget, a CNCF sandbox project, leverages eBPF. This is a powerful technology that allows developers to run sandboxed programs directly within the operating system kernel. Originally designed for network packet filtering, eBPF has evolved to support a wide range of use cases, including networking, observability, tracking, and security. eBPF provides flexibility, performance, and safety features that Inspektor Gadget leverages to provide a suite of observability and troubleshooting tools (referred to as Gadgets) and a framework for data collection.

Microsoft has now added support for image-based gadgets using OCI to Inspektor Gadget. The Open Container Initiative (OCI) is a project of the Linux Foundation that aims to create open standards for container image formats and runtimes. OCI images follow a consistent format, support packaging of all artifacts (not just container apps), and can be managed with industry standard tools (registries). With the addition of OCI image support, Inspektor Gadget now allows you to create and manage gadgets outside of the core development process, enabling an ecosystem of gadget developers and users.

The Inspektor Gadget exists on all AKS nodes, but its work is not limited to AKS. Inspektor Gadget is an open source project and leverages existing standards to improve interoperability. I recommend this post on the Inspektor Gadget blog to see how this might benefit you in other environments. Increased Visibility: The Emergence of Image-Based Gadgets | Inspector Gadget (inspektor-gadget.io).

Adding support for OCI images to the Inspektor Gadget enhances its utility as a framework for observability of Kubernetes nodes and Linux hosts. Microsoft continues to invest in this work, including expanding support for OpenTelemetry tracking and headlamp Kubernetes UI. They said it was open source. come and join us.