groundcover, a cloud-native solution revolutionizing observability with eBPF, has launched its observability platform for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) environments to announce, with a native integration into the Amazon EKS console.
This important milestone enables organizations using Amazon EKS to immediately install groundcover on their managed Kubernetes clusters as an Amazon EKS add-on verified and managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
groundcover’s Amazon EKS Add-on works seamlessly with Amazon EKS clusters and simplifies the process to ensure clusters are secure and stable while reducing manual effort for installation, configuration and updates. With this, groundcover expands its supported cloud environments and further advances its mission to reinvent observability. By deploying groundcover’s proprietary eBPF sensor, enterprises are changing the way they monitor their cloud-native environments, removing cost barriers and minimizing resource consumption.
Additionally , groundcover is now available on the AWS Marketplace , a digital catalog of thousands of software offerings from independent software vendors that make it easier to find, test, purchase, and deploy software that runs on AWS. This enables millions of active AWS users to easily install and use groundcover directly from the AWS Marketplace. It also provides additional validation of the quality and stability of the groundcover platform, adhering to AWS‘ high standards.
As applications scale and dependencies grow, gaining granular insights becomes essential for effective troubleshooting. Kubernetes users face the daunting task of instrumenting applications, collecting metrics, and creating meaningful logs to detect problems. This becomes even more challenging in modern microservices environments where numerous small and distributed independent pieces of code interact with each other. As demand for Kubernetes observability continues to grow, eBPF has emerged as a transformative technology that redefines application monitoring on Amazon EKS clusters. With its unparalleled performance and seamless integration into the Linux kernel, groundcover provides comprehensive application performance monitoring without impacting existing application code.
groundcover uses eBPF to create a holistic observability platform that delivers immediate value without compromising scale, granularity or cost. Its proprietary eBPF sensor is designed with performance first in mind and leverages kernel resources to create a cost-effective architecture for Amazon EKS observability. By collecting all of its observation data with eBPF, groundcover eliminates the need for intrusive code changes and manual work and the need to use multiple external assignees. This streamlined approach not only improves the coverage and depth of observability, but also eliminates the unwanted impact of the observability stack on time-critical application code, since all data collection occurs at the kernel level, with minimal performance overhead and no configuration of side cars or delegates.
The result is instant, super-granular visibility into what is happening within an Amazon EKS Kubernetes cluster, enabling a cost-effective approach to observability.
“Groundcover is proud to enable Amazon EKS users with enhanced insights into their applications and infrastructure using eBPF,” says Shahar Azulay , CEO and co-founder of groundcover. “Groundcover overcomes the trade-off between visibility and cost and ensures that teams Don’t have to compromise on viewing depth to save your budget. Now with AWS on our side, we’re on a mission to empower teams to make the most of their observation capabilities – at a fraction of the cost. that are on the market today.”
