Network Observability - Network Monitor DaemonSet

Network Monitor DaemonSet

The scaleops-network-monitor DaemonSet is the foundation for all ScaleOps network observability features. It runs on every node in your cluster and is enabled by default. It powers:

Network Map — visual map of workload-to-workload traffic
Network Report — inter-pod traffic costs by namespace, label, and annotation
Workload Network — per-workload traffic visualization and cost analysis
API Observability — eBPF-based HTTP/HTTPS request metrics per workload
Node State Metrics — node-level load average, process pressure, and PSI

Enabling the DaemonSet

If the DaemonSet is not running on your cluster, enable it by setting global.observability.enabled=true.

If using a values file:


global:
  observability:
    enabled: true

If using a Helm flag:


--set global.observability.enabled=true

Example upgrade command


helm repo update scaleops
helm show crds scaleops/scaleops | kubectl apply --force -f -
helm get values scaleops -n scaleops-system -oyaml | \
helm upgrade scaleops scaleops/scaleops --set global.observability.enabled=true -n scaleops-system -f -

For the full list of configuration options (tolerations, node selectors, resource limits, socket paths, etc.), see the Helm Configuration Reference.