Kubernetes Traffic Intelligence: Gaining Deep Visibility and Control with Cilium Hubble

By Robert U. Johnson

"Kubernetes Traffic Intelligence: Gaining Deep Visibility and Control with Cilium Hubble" is a practical guide for engineers, architects, and security practitioners seeking to understand and управляют modern Kubernetes networking with greater clarity and confidence. The book introduces the fundamentals of network observability in cloud-native environments, explaining how it differs from traditional monitoring and why deep traffic visibility is essential for troubleshooting, performance tuning, security enforcement, and compliance in distributed systems. It also frames the growing complexity of microservices, multi-cluster architectures, and hybrid infrastructures, showing how Cilium and Hubble address these challenges with real-time insight into network behavior.

Building on this foundation, the book explores the architecture and capabilities of Cilium and Hubble in depth, including the role of eBPF in capturing high-fidelity telemetry directly from the kernel. Readers are guided through installation, configuration, and production-ready deployment patterns on Kubernetes, along with strategies for scaling, high availability, and operational resilience. The book also covers advanced traffic analysis, flow visibility, protocol inspection, and troubleshooting techniques, while demonstrating how to integrate Hubble with tools such as Prometheus and Grafana to build a cohesive observability stack.

In its later chapters, the book focuses on using traffic intelligence to support security, policy enforcement, and operational excellence at scale. It examines extensibility options, performance considerations, and best practices for multi-tenant and large-scale environments, while also highlighting emerging approaches such as automation and AI-assisted diagnostics. Through a combination of conceptual guidance, practical workflows, and real-world scenarios, "Kubernetes Traffic Intelligence: Gaining Deep Visibility and Control with Cilium Hubble" equips readers to build more secure, observable, and reliable Kubernetes platforms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H3ZSPT4C
• ISBN13: 9798199891103
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"