OpenTelemetry Native Observability

Dive into the world of OpenTelemetry (OTel) and its impact on enhancing observability in cloud-native software during this 15-minute conference talk. Explore the core concepts of OTel, including its architecture, supported signals (traces, metrics, logs), and underlying semantics. Learn how to leverage OTel signals and semantics to troubleshoot performance issues and ensure service reliability. Discover practical examples of instrumenting codebases, configuring OTel collectors, and visualizing observability data using popular platforms. Gain a solid foundation in OpenTelemetry and acquire the knowledge needed to implement it in your projects, enabling informed decisions to enhance platform and application performance and reliability.

OpenTelemetry Native Observability - Mirko Novakovic | PlatformCon 2024