OpenTelemetry 101

Explore the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry in this comprehensive conference talk from NDC London 2021. Dive into the world of application observability with Rob Ashton as he introduces this language and platform-agnostic specification. Learn how OpenTelemetry revolutionizes the way developers monitor and understand their applications in production environments. Discover the game-changing potential of embedding instrumentation code in third-party libraries without tying users to specific implementations. Gain insights into how OpenTelemetry provides a common framework for integrating with various monitoring systems like Nagios, Splunk, Prometheus, and Zipkin. Witness practical demonstrations of tracing requests through distributed microservices systems, from initial web requests to database access. Understand the importance of writing code to instrument everything while maintaining flexibility in production data usage. Get ahead of the curve by learning about this emerging standard for baking observability into modern systems.