WHAT IS NEW RELIC eBPF?
Gain faster insights through effortless visibility
Get automatic instrumentation with eBPF, no code changes required
Deploy a single eBPF agent with one Helm command for real-time monitoring across Kubernetes workloads
Detect all first- and third-party services in your system without manual instrumentation
Get real-time insights across all runtimes, frameworks, and languages
Debug faster with cross-layer network metrics, APM and AI-powered insights
- Monitor network metrics, transactions, and application performance in one place
- Correlate applications, infrastructure, and Kubernetes performance automatically with service maps
- Detect performance bottlenecks automatically with intelligent span sampling
- Pinpoint TCP/DNS latency, retransmits, and failure to app impact through easy to link Network View
- Support key protocols, including Cassandra, gRPC, HTTP, HTTP/2, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis
Transition easily to New Relic agents for deeper insights
- Switch from New Relic eBPF to full APM agents easily for function-level details and distributed tracing
- Use the Kubernetes APM auto-attach to instrument selected application agents
- Avoid duplicate billing as telemetry sources transition automatically
- Maintain dashboards, alerts, and monitoring continuity
Learn more and get started with New Relic eBPF
Capability FAQs
New Relic eBPF (formerly known as eAPM) is a kernel-level observability capability that automatically discovers, and monitors applications, infrastructure, Kubernetes, and network behavior without instrumentation.
eBPF (external Berkeley Packet Filter), is a powerful Linux kernel technology that allows developers to execute custom, sandboxed programs within the kernel space. It is a versatile tool that extends the capabilities safely of the Linux kernel without requiring changes to the kernel source code. eAPM is the native integration of eBPF agent into NR1 platform.
New Relic eBPF: Network Metrics captures kernel-level TCP and DNS behavior and correlates it with APM entities using a network view to pinpoint network-driven performance issues.
New Relic eBPF is a zero-instrumentation solution that automatically discovers all workloads within a Kubernetes (K8s) cluster. It’s an ideal tool for platform teams to monitor deployed applications and services without relying on individual development teams. Perfect for third-party plug-ins—where no internal development team is available—it's completely language-agnostic and eliminates concerns about agent lifecycle management.
It depends on your needs. Opt for a full APM agent if you require distributed tracing, detailed performance insights at the function or method level, or if you need to create custom instrumentation to measure specific aspects of your code.