I recently had a requirement to collect Kubernetes’ external network access. So I set up and tried out some related projects. This post is mainly about how to install Kindling and configure Grafana to view Kubernetes network connection data. 1. What Is Kindling Kindling solves the problem of how to observe the network without intruding on the application; its functionality is mainly achieved by exposing kernel events for observation.

1. Environment Preparation 1.1 Calico eBPF Requirements System requirements Ubuntu 18.04.4+ Red Hat v8.2 Linux kernel v5.3+ If Calico does not detect a compatible kernel, it falls back to standard mode. Every node needs a BPF filesystem mounted at /sys/fs/bpf Calico version no lower than 3.13 1.2 Upgrading the Kernel This uses CentOS 7: