Agentless instrumentation with eBPF, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
summary
Shows how to use eBPF to instrument applications at the kernel level and explains how to integrate that telemetry with Prometheus and OpenTelemetry for metrics and traces. Covers eBPF capabilities for agentless instrumentation and the practical connections to Prometheus and OpenTelemetry toolchains.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:03What is eBPF and use cases
- 2:28Linux kernel and eBPF
- 6:02Kernel extension options
- 8:13How eBPF programs work
- 11:48eBPF components and use cases
- 13:54eBPF program types
- 17:28Developing eBPF with BCC
- 20:24Developing eBPF with CO-RE
- 22:13Traditional vs eBPF observability
- 23:59eBPF benefits for instrumentation
- 24:40Demo: Grafana Beyla and OpenTelemetry
- 28:02Q&A
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