5. Otterize – network-mapper
A simple, zero-config network mapper helps you to discover real-time information about the traffic within your cluster. All traffic may be quickly listed by client using Otterize, and the results can be exported as JSON or YAML.
- Mapper: Sniffer and observers send traffic data to the mapper, which resolves it to communications between service identities.
- Sniffer: Sniffer, which is distributed to each node using a DaemonSet, gathers node-local DNS traffic and examines open connections.
- Kafka watcher: When a Kafka topic is accessed, Kafka Watcher notices it and records which services and actions are used.
- Istio watcher: For HTTP traffic statistics and to identify HTTP traffic with pathways, Istio Watcher queries Istio Envoy sidecars.
