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bpfman: Managing eBPF Programs

by Shriira Press

4.7(258)186 pagesPublished 2026

A practical, in-depth guide to bpfman, the eBPF manager (a system daemon and Kubernetes operator) that makes eBPF production-ready. Learn how bpfman tames eBPF: the eBPF management problem (privileges, conflicts, lifecycle), the daemon and Kubernetes architecture, the program lifecycle (load, attach, maps, unload), multi-program support and dispatchers, distributing bytecode as OCI images, declarative eBPF on Kubernetes (operator, agents, CRDs), the centralized-privilege security model, and operating bpfman across a fleet.

Contents

  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter 1 — What bpfman Is
  3. 3Chapter 2 — The eBPF Management Problem
  4. 4Chapter 3 — Architecture
  5. 5Chapter 4 — The eBPF Program Lifecycle
  6. 6Chapter 5 — Multi-Program Support and Dispatchers
  7. 7Chapter 6 — Bytecode as OCI Images
  8. 8Chapter 7 — bpfman on Kubernetes
  9. 9Chapter 8 — Security and Privilege
  10. 10Chapter 9 — Operations and Observability
  11. 11Chapter 10 — bpfman in Practice