Diagnosing Distroless .NET Applications on Kubernetes

Minimal container images are a good production default. Distroless and chiseled .NET images reduce image size and attack surface by leaving out package managers, shells, and troubleshooting tools.

That becomes a challenge when a running application has high CPU usage, increasing memory consumption, or unexplained latency. Installing tools in the application container is not an option, and rebuilding the image changes the environment that needs to be investigated.