Navigating the Distributed Systems Execution Maze With OpenTracing

Explore the challenges and solutions of implementing distributed system tracing in this 35-minute conference talk from CNCF. Dive into the experiences of Kasten engineers as they integrated OpenTracing and Jaeger into their Kubernetes system. Learn about the unique obstacles faced when adding tracing to distributed systems, including cross-process trace association, minimally intrusive implementation, and determining optimal tracing levels. Gain insights on expected outcomes when adding OpenTracing to Go projects, common tracing pitfalls, and the distinctions between service mesh tracing and library-based tracing. Discover the intricacies of the Kubernetes ecosystem, conditional tracing techniques, and programming language considerations through practical demonstrations and real-world examples.