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Kubernetes has become the default backbone of cloud native architecture. But does it actually help you ship services more reliably, or is it just more moving parts?
By open-sourcing eBPF-based auto-instrumentation and then donating it as an OpenTelemetry BPF Instrumentation (OBI) project, Grafana didn’t just release code, they lowered the onramp for observability. Read the full article on Causely Blog
Whether we call it APM or observability is bikeshedding. What really matters is ensuring systems deliver the service levels users expect. That’s where AI comes in. Read the full article on Causely Blog
Most developers use automatic instrumentation without knowing how it actually works. This post breaks down the key techniques behind it—not to build your own, but to understand what’s really happening when things “just work.” Read the full articles on: Causely Blog, OpenTelemetry Blog
Maintenance involves functional checks, servicing, repairing, or replacing necessary devices, equipment, machinery, building infrastructure, and supporting utilities This definition from Wikipedia aptly describes what we, as maintainers, do. A significant portion of our time is spent on upkeep. While some of this work is enjoyable, many tasks are tedious and exhausting. To alleviate this, we are exploring ways to automate some of these tasks. One popular option is incorporating GitHub Actions into our repository. ...
A comprehensive review of the OpenTelemetry.io website in 2024, covering achievements, milestones, and community contributions. Read the full article on OpenTelemetry Blog
We are happy to announce that the OpenTelemetry website is available in multiple languages! Localization teams have already started to translate website pages into Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Read the full article on OpenTelemetry Blog
A wrap-up of the successful OpenTelemetry in Focus series for 2023, highlighting key discussions and community engagement throughout the year. Read the full article on OpenTelemetry Blog
While OpenTelemetry (OTel) is here to help you with troubleshooting and handling the “unknown unknowns”, it is also instrumental for managing route tasks like monitoring system metrics, like disk usage, server availability or SSL certificate expiration dates. This can be achieved by utilizing any one of the 90+ receivers available for the OpenTelemetry Collector, such as the Host Metrics Receiver or the HTTP Check Receiver. Read the full article on OpenTelemetry Blog ...
OpenTelemetry is here to help us find the root cause of issues in our software quickly. We recently had an issue that we were able to fix by using one feature of OpenTelemetry to identify the root cause of bug in another feature. Read the full article on OpenTelemetry Blog