cAdvisor
cAdvisor (Container Advisor) is a daemon that collects, aggregates, and exports resource usage and performance data for running containers.
What is cAdvisor?
cAdvisor is an open-source container monitoring tool developed by Google that collects, aggregates, processes, and exports detailed resource usage and performance data for running containers. It helps users understand how their containers consume CPU, memory, network, and filesystem resources, providing both historical trends and real-time insights. The tool exposes this data through a web UI and a REST API, making it valuable for debugging, optimization, and observability in containerized environments.
DevOps engineers, SREs, and developers running containerized workloads who need visibility into container resource consumption and performance. It's particularly useful for teams using Docker, Kubernetes, or other container orchestration platforms.
Developers choose cAdvisor because it provides deep, native container monitoring with minimal setup, supports a wide range of container types, and integrates seamlessly with existing container ecosystems. Its ability to export metrics to various storage backends and its active development within the Kubernetes community make it a reliable, production-ready tool.
Overview
Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers.
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