Hubble
A network, service and security observability tool for Kubernetes clusters running Cilium, built on eBPF.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install hubble
About Hubble
Hubble gives visibility into how workloads in a Kubernetes cluster talk to each other. Built on Cilium and eBPF, it records network flows and can present a service dependency graph, flow visibility and metrics for monitoring.
It is used by cluster operators to troubleshoot connectivity, understand traffic between services and check security policy behaviour. It requires a cluster that uses Cilium for networking, so it is not a general-purpose network monitor.
Strengths
- Flow-level visibility into Kubernetes traffic
- Service dependency graph
- Metrics for monitoring built on eBPF
Limitations
- Requires a Kubernetes cluster running Cilium
- Aimed at cluster operators rather than desktop users
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to use from its public GitHub repository.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Cilium contributors
- Platforms
- Self-hosted, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Kubernetes operators running Cilium who need to see service traffic
- Categories
- System monitoring, Network tools, Container tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Kubeshark
An eBPF-based traffic analyzer that captures and indexes network traffic inside Kubernetes clusters.
Kubeshark captures Kubernetes traffic with eBPF on any cluster rather than requiring Cilium, and adds TLS decryption and a web dashboard.
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