Lightning Talk: Unveiling DPDK Application Telemetry: A Path to Traffic Visibility... Jianzhu Zhang
Channel: CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Date: 2023-11-08

Lightning Talk: Unveiling DPDK Application Telemetry: A Path to Traffic Visibility and Monitoring - Jianzhu Zhang, Red Hat

If your high throughput data plane application runs on telco edge nodes, chances are it's built on the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK). One challenge faced by operators is obtaining telemetry data from DPDK applications without modifying them. In this session, we will delve into this challenge and provide solutions. Join us as we explore how to seamlessly extract and visualize telemetry data from DPDK applications in a Grafana dashboard, all without the application's awareness. We will demonstrate the tools used for testing and monitoring, showcasing the practical implementation of these techniques. Kubernetes will serve as a vehicle for live demos, highlighting the seamless integration with container orchestration. By attending this session, you'll gain valuable insights into accessing DPDK application telemetry data and learn how to leverage these techniques to enhance traffic visibility and monitoring in telco edge deployments.