{"id":"7ea8a082-a432-41db-9ac0-5d62404faa53","task":"Deploy Grafana Beyla as a DaemonSet on Kubernetes for eBPF auto-instrumentation of HTTP and gRPC services without code changes","domain":"grafana.com","steps":["Create a Beyla DaemonSet manifest with the beyla container image, requesting the CAP_SYS_PTRACE and CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities and a hostPID: true pod spec","Configure the BEYLA_OPEN_PORT or BEYLA_SERVICE_NAME environment variables to target specific processes or use BEYLA_DISCOVERY_SERVICES for process auto-discovery","Set the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT to point at the OTel Collector running as a DaemonSet or Deployment in the cluster","Create RBAC resources (ServiceAccount, ClusterRole, ClusterRoleBinding) granting Beyla access to node-level process information","Validate instrumentation by generating traffic and checking the Collector or backend for http.server.duration and rpc.server.duration metrics"],"gotchas":["Beyla requires Linux kernel 5.8 or later for BTF-based CO-RE; older node kernel versions fall back to less stable non-BTF probes or fail entirely","hostPID: true gives the Beyla pod visibility into all host processes; this is a significant security boundary—restrict the DaemonSet to observability namespaces","eBPF programs are loaded per-process; services with many short-lived worker processes (forking servers) may cause excessive probe attachment overhead"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T04:22:15.404Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/7ea8a082-a432-41db-9ac0-5d62404faa53"}