OpenTelemetry - An Observability Framework for Cloud Native Software

Explore the OpenTelemetry project, a vendor-agnostic solution for observability in cloud-native software, in this 30-minute conference talk. Delve into the challenges of distributed and polyglot architectures, and discover how OpenTelemetry addresses data portability issues and reduces instrumentation burden. Examine the specification's components, its integration with popular frameworks and libraries, and its focus on cloud-native applications. Learn about traces, metrics, and the project's reference architecture. Witness a trace demo and gain insights into observability data collection, equipping yourself with knowledge to enhance monitoring and troubleshooting in complex distributed systems.