Keeping an Eye on Your Cloud Native Applications with OpenTelemetry

Explore the world of cloud native application monitoring with OpenTelemetry in this informative conference talk from All Things Open 2022. Delve into the architecture, instrumentation techniques, and key features of OpenTelemetry, including distributed trace spans, metric collection, and context usage. Learn how this open-source project has become the de facto standard for metrics collection and distributed tracing across cloud native application workflows. Discover OpenTelemetry's vendor-agnostic data collection capabilities and see practical examples of its implementation. Gain insights into deployment options, the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP), and components such as receivers and exporters. By the end of this talk, acquire a comprehensive understanding of OpenTelemetry and its role in observing complex cloud native applications for performance optimization and debugging.

Intro
OpenTelemetry Overview
OpenTelemetry Features
OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP)
Deployment Option 1: OpenTelemetry & Observability Backen
Deployment Option 3: OpenTelemetry Collector
What is a Receiver?
What is an Exporter?
Simplified Tracing Example
OpenTelemetry Summary