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[id="nw-observe-network-traffic"]
= Observing the network traffic
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
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[role="_abstract"]
As an administrator, you can observe the network traffic in the {product-title} web console for detailed troubleshooting and analysis. This feature helps you get insights from different graphical representations of traffic flow.

//Overview
include::modules/network-observability-network-traffic-overview-view.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-options-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

// JOB (prep): packet drops
include::modules/network-observability-pktdrop-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-packet-drops.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/metrics-alerts-dashboards.adoc#network-observability-metrics_metrics-dashboards-alerts[Network Observability metrics]

// JOB (prep): DNS
include::modules/network-observability-dns-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

//02-12-2026: adding comment here for JTBD for DNS. May make sense to revisit dns-overview for DNS resolution analysis. Might all be a JTBD. modules/network-observability-dns-tracking.adoc part of DNS resolution analysis now. Addressing this is outside scope of no-1.11 release but came up so making a note. This comment will be removed with JTBD.

include::modules/network-observability-dns-tracking.adoc[leveloffset=+2]
//02-12-2026 adding comment as dns-tracking must be addressed as part of JTBD post no-1.11 release. Commenting out include breaks a number of xrefs, and addressing the IA to fix that is outside the scope of no-1.11.

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/metrics-alerts-dashboards.adoc#network-observability-metrics_metrics-dashboards-alerts[Network Observability metrics]

// JOB (prep): RTT
include::modules/network-observability-RTT-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-RTT.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

// JOB (prep): eBPF flow filtering
include::modules/network-observability-ebpf-rule-flow-filter.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-flow-filter-parameters.adoc[leveloffset=+3]

include::modules/network-observability-filtering-ebpf-rule.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-ebpf-flow-data-filtering-examples.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/metrics-alerts-dashboards.adoc#network-observability-metrics_metrics-dashboards-alerts[Network Observability metrics]
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/network-observability-operator-monitoring.adoc#network-observability-health-dashboard-overview_network_observability[Health dashboards]

// JOB (prep): UDN
include::modules/network-observability-user-defined-networks.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-udn.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../networking/multiple_networks/primary_networks/about-user-defined-networks.adoc#about-user-defined-networks[About user-defined networks]
* xref:../../networking/multiple_networks/primary_networks/about-user-defined-networks.adoc#nw-udn-cr_about-user-defined-networks[Creating a UserDefinedNetwork by using the CLI]
* xref:../../networking/multiple_networks/primary_networks/about-user-defined-networks.adoc#nw-udn-cr-ui_about-user-defined-networks[Creating a UserDefinedNetwork by using the web console]

// JOB (prep): network events
include::modules/network-observability-networking-events-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-viewing-network-events.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../nodes/clusters/nodes-cluster-enabling-features.adoc#nodes-cluster-enabling-features-cli_nodes-cluster-enabling-features[Enabling feature sets using the CLI]
* xref:../../networking/ovn_kubernetes_network_provider/ovn-kubernetes-troubleshooting-sources.adoc#nw-ovn-kubernetes-observability_ovn-kubernetes-sources-of-troubleshooting-information[Checking OVN-Kubernetes network traffic with OVS sampling using the CLI]

//Traffic flows
include::modules/network-observability-trafficflow.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-trafficflow.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-options-trafficflow.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-exporting-traffic-flow-data.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-ipsec-with-flow-collector-resource.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../networking/network_security/configuring-ipsec-ovn.adoc#configuring-ipsec-ovn[Configuring IPsec encryption]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-conversations.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-ebpf-manager-operator.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

//eBPF Manager Operator in OCP > Networking
[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../networking/networking_operators/ebpf_manager/ebpf-manager-operator-install.adoc[Installing the eBPF Manager Operator]

include::modules/network-observability-histogram-trafficflow.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-zones.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* link:https://lwn.net/Articles/370152/#:~:text=A%20zone%20is%20simply%20a,to%20seperate%20conntrack%20defragmentation%20queues.[Conntrack Zone ID]

include::modules/network-observability-packet-translation-overview.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-packet-translation.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

//Topology
include::modules/network-observability-topology.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

include::modules/network-observability-working-with-topology.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

include::modules/network-observability-configuring-options-topology.adoc[leveloffset=+2]

//Quick filters
include::modules/network-observability-quickfilter.adoc[leveloffset=+1]

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/configuring-operator.adoc#network-observability-config-quick-filters_network_observability[Configuring Quick Filters]
* xref:../../observability/network_observability/configuring-operator.adoc#network-observability-flowcollector-view_network_observability[Flow Collector sample resource]
