# bpfman
**Repository Path**: mirrors_openshift/bpfman
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: bpfman
- **Description**: An eBPF Manager for Linux and Kubernetes
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-10-11
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-07
## Categories & Tags
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**Tags**: None
## README
# bpfman: An eBPF Manager
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_Formerly know as `bpfd`_
bpfman is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation Sandbox project
## Welcome to bpfman
bpfman operates as an eBPF manager, focusing on simplifying the deployment and administration of eBPF programs. Its notable features encompass:
- **System Overview**: Provides insights into how eBPF is utilized in your system.
- **eBPF Program Loader**: Includes a built-in program loader that supports program cooperation for XDP and TC programs, as well as deployment of eBPF programs from OCI images.
- **eBPF Filesystem Management**: Manages the eBPF filesystem, facilitating the deployment of eBPF applications without requiring additional privileges.
Our program loader and eBPF filesystem manager ensure the secure deployment of eBPF applications.
Furthermore, bpfman includes a Kubernetes operator, extending these capabilities to Kubernetes.
This allows users to confidently deploy eBPF through custom resource definitions across nodes in a cluster.
Here are some links to help in your bpfman journey (all links are from the bpfman website ):
- [Welcome to bpfman](https://bpfman.io/) for overview of bpfman.
- [Quick Start](https://bpfman.io/main/quick-start) for a quick installation of bpfman without having to download or
build the code from source.
Good for just getting familiar with bpfman and playing around with it.
- [Deploying Example eBPF Programs On Local Host](https://bpfman.io/main/getting-started/example-bpf-local/)
for some examples of running `bpfman` on local host and using the CLI to install
eBPF programs on the host.
- [Deploying Example eBPF Programs On Kubernetes](https://bpfman.io/main/getting-started/example-bpf-k8s/)
for some examples of deploying eBPF programs through `bpfman` in a Kubernetes deployment.
- [Setup and Building bpfman](https://bpfman.io/main/getting-started/building-bpfman/) for instructions
on setting up your development environment and building bpfman.
- [Example eBPF Programs](https://bpfman.io/main/getting-started/example-bpf/) for some
examples of eBPF programs written in Go, interacting with `bpfman`.
- [Deploying the bpfman-operator](https://bpfman.io/main/getting-started/develop-operator/) for details on launching
bpfman in a Kubernetes cluster.
- [Meet the Community](https://bpfman.io/main/governance/meetings/) for details on community meeting details.
## Issues
Would you like to report a bug? Feel free to [add an issue](https://github.com/bpfman/bpfman/issues).
Would you like to start a conversation on a specific topic? Please, [open a discussion](https://github.com/bpfman/bpfman/discussions).
## License
With the exception of eBPF code, everything is distributed under the terms of
the [Apache License] (version 2.0).
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### eBPF
All eBPF code is distributed under either:
- The terms of the [GNU General Public License, Version 2] or the
[BSD 2 Clause] license, at your option.
- The terms of the [GNU General Public License, Version 2].
The exact license text varies by file. Please see the SPDX-License-Identifier
header in each file for details.
Files that originate from the authors of bpfman use
`(GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)` - for example the [TC dispatcher] or our
own example programs.
Files that were originally created in [libxdp] use `GPL-2.0-only`.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in this project by you, as defined in the GPL-2 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
[Apache license]: LICENSE-APACHE
[GNU General Public License, Version 2]: LICENSE-GPL2
[BSD 2 Clause]: LICENSE-BSD2
[libxdp]: https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools
[TC dispatcher]:https://github.com/bpfman/bpfman/blob/main/bpf/tc_dispatcher.bpf.c
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