VMware Aria Operations for Networks

supports the following flow types for Kubernetes entities.

VM to Kubernetes Pod
Kubernetes Pod to Pod
Destination is Kubernetes Pod
Source is Kubernetes Pod

You can use these flow types to search for a particular Kubernetes entities.

For example,

flows where flow type =

x

where

x

is one of the flow types

VMware Aria Operations for Networks

can provide flow information such as metrics, time-series and relations for all entities, which includes the container source and destination details and its entities details.

Also, you can view the top talkers by Kubernetes Cluster, Namespace, Service and Node on the Flow Analytics Dashboard.

You can plan for a specific Kubernetes entity type by selecting Kubernetes Cluster, Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Namespace, or Kubernetes Node as the scope and Micro-Segments in the Plan Security page. Also, you can plan or analyze data for the application and define grouping based on Kubernetes entities to view the application flow information.

Also, you can export the recommended firewall rules related to Kubernetes entities in the YAML format from Micro-Segments in the Plan Security page.