# Tetragon API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cilium/tetragon-api/  
**Provider:** Cilium — https://apis.io/providers/cilium/  
**Documentation:** https://tetragon.io/docs/reference/grpc-api/

Tetragon API is one of 11 APIs that [Cilium](https://apis.io/providers/cilium/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include eBPF, Kubernetes, Observability, and Security. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a GitHub repository, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

The Tetragon gRPC API provides access to eBPF-based security observability and runtime enforcement capabilities. It enables querying of kernel-level events including process execution, file access, and network activity, and supports defining tracing policies via Kubernetes custom resources for real-time enforcement and event streaming.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://tetragon.io/docs/reference/grpc-api/
- **Reference** — https://tetragon.io/docs/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/cilium/tetragon
- **GettingStarted** — https://tetragon.io/docs/getting-started/
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/cilium/tetragon/releases

## Other Cilium APIs (10)

- [Hubble API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/hubble-api/)
- [Hubble Relay API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/hubble-relay-api/)
- [Cilium BGP API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-bgp-api/)
- [Cilium Daemon API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-daemon-api/)
- [Cilium Endpoint API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-endpoint-api/)
- [Cilium IPAM API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-ipam-api/)
- [Cilium Lrp API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-lrp-api/)
- [Cilium Policy API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-policy-api/)
- [Cilium Prefilter API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-prefilter-api/)
- [Cilium Service API](https://apis.io/apis/cilium/cilium-service-api/)

## Tags

eBPF, Kubernetes, Observability, Security

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