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Talks & Videos

Enhancing AKS Cluster Troubleshooting

Deep dive into AKS cluster troubleshooting techniques covering node saturation metrics for performance optimization, leveraging Kubernetes events as real-time cluster signals, and fine-tuning resource allocation with cluster autoscaler metrics.

KubeCon EU 2024 - Azure Day: AI-assisted Observability & Troubleshooting

Deep dive into the latest advancements from AKS for improved troubleshooting including new AI-based features. This session covers the AKS monitoring and troubleshooting stack, challenges with monitoring, best practices, and includes live demos of Retina for network observability. Co-presented with Pavneet Ahluwalia and Neha Aggrawal.

Technical Articles

HolmesGPT: Agentic troubleshooting built for the cloud native era

Introduction to HolmesGPT, an open-source agentic AI framework for root cause analysis in cloud native environments. Co-authored with the Robusta.dev team, this post explores how AI agents can revolutionize Kubernetes troubleshooting through extensible toolsets, natural language prompts, and intelligent diagnostics.

Azure Monitor dashboards with Grafana in Azure Portal

Announcing native Grafana dashboards in Azure Portal for AKS clusters at no additional cost. This integration eliminates the complexity of maintaining separate visualization tools while delivering comprehensive cluster observability with Container Insights, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor metrics out-of-the-box.

Announcing the CLI Agent for AKS: Agentic AI-powered operations and diagnostics at your fingertips

Introducing the CLI Agent for AKS - an AI-powered command-line experience for troubleshooting, optimizing, and operating AKS clusters. Built on open-source HolmesGPT (CNCF Sandbox project) and the AKS Model Context Protocol server, this human-in-the-loop tool brings intelligent agentic workflows directly to your terminal with a focus on security and transparency.

Research Publications