Observability Summit North America 2026

Configuring Ingress, Gateway API, or service meshes in Kubernetes can feel like exploring an open world without a map : one wrong turn, and traffic vanishes. In this session, we’ll explore how to detect and prevent misconfigurations using OpenTelemetry, eBPF-based instrumentation (OBI), and enriched logs from service meshes and ingress controllers. Like a hero collecting tools to unlock new areas, we’ll show how to identify relevant data sources, parse and process their output, and apply common correlation rules to understand the impact of configuration changes. We’ll demonstrate how these techniques can be applied across observability platforms to reduce tool sprawl and improve operational efficiency. Attendees will leave with a practical, backend-agnostic approach to building a multi-source observability strategy for Kubernetes networking.