How to Effectively Spy on Your Systems Using OpenTelemetry

Explore the intricacies of OpenTelemetry and effective system monitoring in this 52-minute conference talk from NDC London 2024. Dive into the challenges of implementing observability in complex systems and learn how to leverage OpenTelemetry as the industry standard for distributed tracing, logging, and metrics. Discover strategies for choosing the right observability signals, applying best practices to telemetry collection, managing costs through sampling techniques, and optimizing architecture using the OpenTelemetry Collector. Gain insights into asking the right questions and understanding available options in the observability space to enhance your ability to effectively monitor and "spy" on your systems.