OpenTelemetry Collector - The Swiss Army Knife of Observability

Explore how Adobe solved complex observability challenges using the OpenTelemetry Collector in this 36-minute conference talk. Learn about the journey of adopting the Otel Collector, including the use of various exporters and processors for sending data to different backends. Discover the ease of building an authentication extension for metrics and trace data authentication. Gain insights into Adobe's future plans with the Otel Collector and its long-term benefits. Understand how OpenTelemetry can simplify complex environments and help software development teams implement various observability signals in their systems.