Knowing is Half the Battle: End to End Observability in OpenStack on Kubernetes

Running OpenStack on Kubernetes is a great idea - users can leverage their Kubernetes platform expertise and run the OpenStack clouds and services that they need while also adding in additional cloud native workloads that enhance their OpenStack experience.  

On the other hand, running OpenStack on Kubernetes adds a huge additional layer of complexity for Day 2 operators.  When something goes wrong (as it always will), how can you find and resolve it quickly in all the operational layers? 

One big advantage with OpenStack on Kubernetes is the potential to augment the Observability stack.  Rather than relying on just the OpenStack Observability services, users can also leverage Cloud Native Observability in order to get a more comprehensive view of their systems, and help reduce that Mean Time to Remediation and Resolution.  In this talk, we will discuss ways to use several Open Source technologies to get end to end Observability for OpenStack on Kubernetes.

Observability Technologies include:

Ceilometer

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

eBPF

Vector

Loki

Perses

Kepler