Kubernetes Monitoring and Observability with Splunk

Security, transparency, and performance for your Cloud-native infrastructure

Kubernetes established itself as a de facto standard for modern, Cloud-native applications. According to the “Voice of Kubernetes Experts Report 2024“, 41% of all companies utilize Kubernetes for the majority of their new applications and it is expected that this share will increase to 80% in the next five years (CNCF).

However, the requirements for security, compliance and performance monitoring will also increase with the expansion of Kubernetes. NTS combines the performance of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Observability Cloud, to enable comprehensive monitoring and analysis of Kubernetes environments.

Audit logging & security monitoring

The implementation of audit logging in Kubernetes allows you to record security-relevant events and to make them traceable. By integration of Kubernetes audit logs in Splunk, you receive a comprehensive overview of the entire security-relevant activities in your cluster.

Advantages with NTS:

• Transparency: traceability of changes and access onto resources
• Compliance: compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Security: early detection of unusual activities and potential threats

Metrics & performance monitoring

The monitoring of Kubernetes metrics is crucial for the performance and the stability of your applications. With Splunk, one can analyze metrics such as CPU and memory utilization, pod status and network traffic in real time.

Advantages with NTS:

• Realtime monitoring: faster identification of performance problems
• Capacity planning: better planning of resources and scaling
• Optimization: detection of bottlenecks and potential for optimization

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) & tracing

Splunk Observability Cloud provides comprehensive APM solutions, including distributed tracing and real user monitoring. With the integration of OpenTelemetry Collectors, NTS is able to capture and analyze traces and metrics efficiently.

Advantages with NTS:

• End-to-end transparency: understand your entire user journey with your application
• Faster troubleshooting: reduce the Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) with precise analyses
• Optimized user experience: Identify and solve performance problems before they reach the end user

Why Splunk for the monitoring of Kubernetes?

NTS provides a powerful platform for comprehensive monitoring of Kubernetes with the combination of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Observability Cloud. According to the “Observability Survey Report 2024“, 89% of companies deploy between two and ten observability technologies, which underlines the necessity for a centralized solution.

Advantages with NTS:

• Central platform: standardization of logs, metrics, and traces
• Scalability: adaptation to growing demands and surroundings
• Faster onboarding: faster integration with best practices and predefined dashboards