Presentations
Watch conference talks and presentations about Retis to learn how it’s used in production environments and understand its capabilities.Following a packet journey through the networking stack in OpenShift
Devconf.cz 2025 - Trace packet flows through complex OpenShift networking
Challenges and limitations of debugging increasingly complex virtualized networks
Netdev 0x19 2025 - Deep dive into debugging virtualized networks
Tracing packets in OVS: an update on Retis
Open vSwitch and OVN 2024 Fall Conference - Latest updates on OVS tracing
Tracing packets in the kernel OVS datapath
OVS/OVN 2023 Fall Conference - Learn about kernel datapath tracing
Tracing the Linux networking stack with Retis
Devconf.cz 2023 - Introduction to network stack tracing
Presentation Slides
OpenShift packet journey slides
Devconf.cz 2025 presentation slides
Virtualized networks debugging slides
Netdev 0x19 2025 presentation slides
Kernel OVS datapath slides
OVS/OVN 2023 presentation slides
Linux networking stack slides
Devconf.cz 2023 presentation slides
Blog Articles
Filtering packets from anywhere in the networking stack
Learn about Retis’s filtering concepts, expectations, and interactions for precise packet capture.
Dumping packets from anywhere in the networking stack
Discover how to use the pcap sub-command to inspect packets at post-processing time with tcpdump and Wireshark.
An update on packet drop reasons in Linux
Learn how to use Retis for packet drop inspection and debugging.
Community and Support
GitHub Repository
View source code, report issues, and contribute to Retis
Issue Tracker
Report bugs and request new features
Milestones
Check the development roadmap and planned features
Contributing Guide
Learn how to contribute to the Retis project
Retis is an open-source project maintained by the community. Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are always welcome!
Related Projects
Retis builds upon and integrates with several key technologies in the Linux networking ecosystem:- eBPF - Extended Berkeley Packet Filter for efficient kernel tracing
- Open vSwitch - Production-quality virtual switch implementation
- tcpdump - Packet analyzer for network traffic inspection
- Wireshark - Network protocol analyzer for detailed packet inspection