Alaz: Open-Source, Self-Hosted, eBPF-Based K8s Monitoring
Hello Everyone, I'm excited to introduce a new open-source observability platform and would love to hear your feedback. We are aware that there are lots of open-source/commercial tools out there. However, we believe that monitoring the clusters and extracting actionable insights requires deep know-how about the tools/domain. We mainly focused on this problem. - Alaz is an eBPF agent installed on your K8s cluster as DaemonSet. Thanks to eBPF, Alaz collects traces directly from Linux kernels. This means there's no need for sidecars, instrumentations, or service restarts. - The UI not…
Alaz: Open-Source, Self-Hosted, eBPF-Based K8s Monitoring launched on September 6, 2023 with 101 votes, #720 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Alaz is an open-source, self-hosted Kubernetes monitoring platform that uses eBPF technology to collect observability data directly from Linux kernels without requiring sidecars or service instrumentation. Installed as a DaemonSet on K8s clusters, it provides a UI that visualizes traces and delivers actionable insights through service maps, showing latencies, request rates, and performance issues like slow queries and zombie services. It targets DevOps teams and cluster operators seeking deep cluster visibility and easier troubleshooting.
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From the sources
Alaz: Advanced eBPF Agent for Kubernetes Observability – Effortlessly monitor K8s service interactions and performance metrics in your K8s environment. Gain in-depth insights with service maps, metrics, and more, while staying alert to crucial system anomalies 🐝 - getanteon/alaz
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hello Everyone, I'm excited to introduce a new open-source observability platform and would love to hear your feedback. We are aware that there are lots of open-source/commercial tools out there. However, we believe that monitoring the clusters and extracting actionable insights requires deep know-how about the…
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