Tutorials - Ron Nathaniel: How To Troubleshoot and Monitor Applications using OpenTelemetry

Learn how to troubleshoot and monitor applications using OpenTelemetry, a standard for collecting observability data from logs, metrics, and traces, and discover its components, features, and configuration options.

Key takeaways

OpenTelemetry is a standard way of collecting observability data from applications, including logs, metrics, and traces.
The collector sends data to the processor, which processes it, and then sends it to the exporter, which sends it to a telemetry backend, such as Prometheus or Grafana.
To collect data, OpenTelemetry has several components: the collector, the processor, the exporter, and the telemetry backend.
The collector is responsible for collecting data from multiple sources, such as logs, metrics, and traces.
The processor is responsible for processing the collected data, such as parsing and aggregating data.
The exporter is responsible for sending the processed data to a telemetry backend.
OpenTelemetry supports multiple backend options, including Prometheus, Grafana, and Jaeger.
OpenTelemetry can sampling data, which allows it to only collect a subset of the data.
Sampling can be configured based on specific criteria, such as the length of the trace or the timing of the request.
OpenTelemetry supports multiple languages and frameworks, including Python, Java, and Go.
OpenTelemetry provides instrumentation for various frameworks and libraries, including Flask and Django in Python.
OpenTelemetry allows data to be exported to multiple destinations, including files, databases, and messaging queues.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to configure instrumentation for specific services, including Flask and Django.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to configure sampling for specific services, including Flask and Django.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to collect data from multiple services and applications.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to collect data from multiple sources, including logs, metrics, and traces.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to collect data from multiple sources, including logs, metrics, and traces.
OpenTelemetry provides a way to collect data from multiple sources, including logs, metrics, and traces.

Tutorials - Ron Nathaniel: How To Troubleshoot and Monitor Applications using OpenTelemetry

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