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How to Use BPFtrace for Linux Server Troubleshooting
In this episode of Linux Server Admin with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into BPFtrace, a dynamic tracing tool for Linux that lets you see exactly what's happening on a live server without rebooting or recompiling. They explain how BPFtrace builds on eBPF to give you safe, low-overhead visibility into kernel and user-space events, and walk through practical examples like tracing file opens, tracking system call latency, and catching short-lived processes. They compare BPFtrace to strace and perf, share tips for writing one-liners and scripts, and discuss when to reach for BPFtrace versus other…
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