Analyzing and Visualizing OpenTelemetry Traces with SQL

Dive into a hands-on workshop exploring the power of analyzing and visualizing OpenTelemetry traces using SQL. Learn to ingest traces into a PostgreSQL database and build custom Grafana dashboards that provide deep insights into distributed systems. Explore a lightweight open-source demo environment to demonstrate tracing capabilities, search and visualize traces using Jaeger and Grafana, and create new dashboards to analyze throughput, response time, and downstream dependencies. Gain practical skills in leveraging tracing data for proactive system monitoring, distributed debugging, and uncovering valuable insights aggregated from thousands of traces. Bring a laptop with Docker installed and follow pre-workshop setup instructions for a fully immersive learning experience.

Workshop: Analyzing and Visualizing OpenTelemetry Traces with SQL - John Pruitt, Timescale