Mermin is an open source solution that leverages lightweight, eBPF-powered technology to understand network traffic within Kubernetes clusters without requiring intrusive sidecars or manual code instrumentation.
Key features include:
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Automated Kubernetes Enrichment: Automatically enriches flow traces with K8s metadata like pod and service names, and allows for custom tagging to always have valuable business context.
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OTel-Native Design: Mermin exports data as OTel traces using the flow semantic convention, seamlessly integrating with existing tools including Grafana, OpenSearch, and DataDog.
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Bidirectional Flow Analysis: Captures both directions of a conversation (client-to-server and server-to-client), allowing teams to understand the full nature of traffic, such as a small request followed by a large download
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