Enabling application service maps

Service maps map application services based on traffic between the workloads in Kubernetes using Istio or Linkerd service meshes or a ServiceNow DaemonSet, and sends that information to the ServiceNow instance.

Application service maps map the traffic between the workloads in Kubernetes using Istio or Linkerd service meshes or a ServiceNow DaemonSet as part of KVA installation. For more information, see Install Kubernetes Visibility Agent (KVA).

• If you use a ServiceNow DaemonSet, a pod runs on each Kubernetes node and reports new connections it detects to the main Informer pod every 60 seconds. To find out how to enable the application service maps using a ServiceNow DaemonSet, see Enable service maps using DaemonSet.
• If you use service meshes, have a Prometheus server, and provide the Prometheus URL, the Informer queries the Prometheus server periodically to get information on connections reported by the service mesh. To find out how to enable the application service maps using Istio or Linkerd service meshes, see Enable service maps using service meshes.

• Enable service maps using DaemonSet
  Enable application service maps based on the traffic between the workloads in Kubernetes by using a ServiceNow DaemonSet as part of Kubernetes Visibility Agent (KVA) installation.
• Enable service maps using service meshes
  Enable application service maps based on the traffic between the workloads in Kubernetes by using Istio or Linkerd or service meshes as part of Kubernetes Visibility Agent (KVA) installation.
• Create application service maps
  Create a service map that maps application services based on traffic between the workloads in Kubernetes using Istio or Linkerd service meshes or a ServiceNow DaemonSet.
• Create hybrid application service maps
  Create a hybrid service map that extends outside the Kubernetes cluster and maps other related service resources.