OpenTelemetry

Learn about the benefits, features, challenges, and best practices of OpenTelemetry, the open-source observability framework

Using OpenTelemetry with Sentry Performance.

OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework hosted by Cloud Native Computing Foundation. It is a merger of OpenCensus and OpenTracing projects.

I regularly complain about OpenTelemetry, so with an aim to be a less useless contributor, today I'm putting pen to paper. If you're an implementer, I ask you to read this and take away the personal bias you might have towards your work, and instead look objectively at the feedback being given.

Prerequisites Docker Docker Compose v2.0.0+ Make (optional) 6 GB of RAM for the application Get and run the demo Clone the Demo repository: git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo.git Change to the demo folder: cd opentelemetry-demo/ Start the demo1: Make Docker make start docker compose up --force-recreate --remove-orphans --detach (Optional) Enable API observability-driven testing1:

Learn how to get started with OpenTelemetry by deploying it with Kubernetes in Docker (KinD), Jaeger and the Spring PetClinic application.

Video recordings of the OTel End User SIG's OTel in Practice sessions.

Videos on OpenTelemetry by co-founder Ted Young.

The OpenTelemetry Demo is a microservice-based distributed system intended to illustrate the implementation of OpenTelemetry in a near real-world environment.

High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability

It was a rainy day in Seattle at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America in December 2018 when I first encountered the term ‘OpenTelemetry.’ At that time, I was ...