Network Observability with Hubble

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Network Observability with Hubble

Observability is provided by Hubble which enables deep visibility into the communication and behavior of services as well as the networking infrastructure in a completely transparent manner. Hubble is able to provide visibility at the node level, cluster level or even across clusters in a :ref:Cluster Mesh scenario. For an introduction to Hubble and how it relates to Cilium, read the section :ref:intro.

By default, Hubble API operates within the scope of the individual node on which the Cilium agent runs. This confines the network insights to the traffic observed by the local Cilium agent. Hubble CLI (hubble) can be used to query the Hubble API provided via a local Unix Domain Socket. The Hubble CLI binary is installed by default on Cilium agent pods.

Upon deploying Hubble Relay, network visibility is provided for the entire cluster or even multiple clusters in a ClusterMesh scenario. In this mode, Hubble data can be accessed by directing Hubble CLI (hubble) to the Hubble Relay service or via Hubble UI. Hubble UI is a web interface which enables automatic discovery of the services dependency graph at the L3/L4 and even L7 layer, allowing user-friendly visualization and filtering of data flows as a service map.

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setup hubble-cli hubble-ui ip-packet-tracing configuration/export configuration/tls