Overcoming the Challenges of Debugging Containers - Jose Blanquicet

This talk focuses on the challenges of debugging containers using traditional Linux and eBPF-powered tools, which typically operate at the process level and lack awareness of Linux namespaces. The speaker, Jose, discusses the complexities of correlating these tools with specific containers and navigating between namespaces. He introduces Inspektor Gadget, an eBPF-powered open-source project designed to simplify the debugging and observation of Kubernetes applications by abstracting low-level complexities. Jose demonstrates the new ig tool, which enhances functionality by allowing users to inspect containers outside of Kubernetes, making it easier to trace critical events like process creation, file access, and network and disk activity within containers.