Available in editions:  CE, BE, SE, SE+, EE

The module lifecycle stage: General Availability

Web interfaces associated with the module: hubble

The cilium-hubble module provides visualization of the cluster network stack if the cilium CNI is enabled.

Requirements

The following is required for the cilium-hubble module:

  • Linux kernel version >= 5.8 with eBPF support.
  • BPF Type Format (BTF) support enabled. You can verify it as follows:
    • Run ls -lah /sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux — if the file exists, BTF is supported.
    • Run grep -E "CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=(y|m)" /boot/config-* — if the parameter is enabled, BTF is supported.

Third-party components

List of third-party software used in the cilium-hubble module:

  • Cilium Hubble

    License: Apache License 2.0

    Hubble is a fully distributed networking and security observability platform for cloud native workloads. It is built on top of Cilium and eBPF to enable deep visibility into the communication and behavior of services as well as the networking infrastructure in a completely transparent manner.