Platform Engineering and zero code instrumentation with eBPF

Join us for a special joint Meetup of Grafana & Friends and CNCF Frankfurt, hosted at DE-CIX!
This session will feature lightning talks centered around platform and observability.

📋 Agenda

🕕 17:30 - 18:00 | Arrival & Check-in
Kick off the evening with a warm welcome, and some 🍺 cold drinks!

🕖 18:00 - 18:15 | Welcome & Opening Remarks – Cloud Native Frankfurt & Grafana & Friends Frankfurt

🎙️ 18:15 - 18:45 | Talk 1
💣 Building a Platform Engineering API Layer with KCP

• Description: As a central API layer, kcp facilitates a SaaS-like interaction between internal service providers and developers, turning internal developer platforms into a service-oriented marketplace—all using familiar concepts and tools that Kubernetes developers already know and love.
  kcp expands the scope of platform engineering beyond the boundaries of individual Kubernetes clusters, transforming the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. This talk will cover patterns for both service providers and developers, highlighting how KCP simplifies their workflows.
• Speaker: Simon Bein, Kubermatic GmbH

🎙️ 18:45 - 19:15 | Talk 2

• Speaker: Tom Wieczorek

🎙️ 19:15 - 19:45 | Talk 3
💣 Zero Code Instrumentation with eBPF

• Description: Instrumenting applications for observability is often harder than it should be. Traditional approaches depend on language-specific libraries that vary widely in maturity, complexity, and support — making consistent instrumentation across services a real challenge. Grafana Beyla changes that. Built on eBPF, Beyla provides zero code instrumentation for HTTP and gRPC services directly at the kernel level — no code changes, no language-specific libraries. It works seamlessly across a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, making it the easiest way to start your observability journey in modern microservices environments. In this talk, we’ll explore how Beyla simplifies observability and demonstrate its capabilities in real-world scenarios. We’ll also share exciting news: Grafana Labs has donated Beyla to the OpenTelemetry project, and we’re now collaborating on the new OpenTelemetry eBPF instrumentation SIG — joining forces to build a next generation eBPF instrumentation tool backed by the community.
• Speaker: Mehrshad Lotfi, IT Consultant @ Optiop GmbH

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