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Kiali Observability Console

Kiali is an observability console for Istio that provides visualization for the structure and health of a service mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md]. It offers detailed Metrics and includes features to validate and manage the configuration of the mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Features

Topology and Health

Kiali helps users understand the structure of their mesh by inferring the topology^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md]. It visualizes the mesh as a graph, showing the relationships between services and workloads.

Metrics and Integrations

The console provides detailed metrics to track the behavior of the mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md]. To extend its analytical capabilities, Kiali offers a basic integration with Grafana for more advanced querying and visualization^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Distributed Tracing

For insights into transaction flows and latency, Kiali integrates with distributed Tracing tools. It provides Tracing capabilities by integrating with [[Jaeger]]^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Sources

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