Intro to sysdig
Disclaimer
Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employer.
Feel free to ask questions during the presentation.
About Me
- Red Hat Consultant
- Specialize in Kubernetes, Docker,
and OpenShift - 10+ years Linux administration
What is sysdig?
“Sysdig is open source, system-level exploration: capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.”
strace + tcpdump + htop + iftop + lsof +
transaction tracing + awesome sauce.
User Interfaces
sysdig
# list all events
$ sysdig
# list chisels
$ sysdig -cl
# top process by CPU usage
$ sudo sysdig -c topprocs_cpu
# top process by network I/O in container "nginx"
$ sudo sysdig -pc -c topprocs_net container.name=nginx
# Save the first 100 events
$ sudo sysdig -n 100 -z -w dump.scap.gz
csysdig
Sysdig Cloud
