Hands-on Introduction to Pixie - Kubernetes Observability

This hands-on introduction shows how Pixie uses eBPF to observe applications running on Kubernetes without changing their code. It demonstrates deploying Pixie, running and editing scripts, inspecting profiles and network data, and creating Slack alerts through the Pixie API.

Syllabus

- Holding screen
- Introductions
- What is Pixie?
- How eBPF Powers Pixie
- CNCF Sandbox Project
- Deploying Pixie
- Running Scripts in the CLI & UI
- Pixie Stores Data on the Cluster
- Inspect a Script
- Flamegraph Continuous Profiling
- Protocols Traced by Pixie
- Network Flow Graph Script
- HTTP Data Script Full Request & Response Body
- Editing a Script: Filter HTTP Requests for Errors
- Using the Pixie API to Create Slack Alerts
- Data Source Tables
- Wrap Up