Perfect Match: Correlating Continuous Profiling with Distributed Tracing for Stronger Observability

Learn how continuous profiling and distributed tracing work together to enhance observability in a 25-minute conference talk from Elastic engineers. Explore the integration of stack trace granularity insights into production resource usage through continuous profiling, a technique that SREs can implement without application modifications. Discover how the addition of a polyglot eBPF profiling agent to OpenTelemetry strengthens monitoring capabilities. Examine practical demonstrations of both tools operating in Kubernetes environments, focusing on cross-service requests and the correlation between distributed traces and profiles to understand code-level causality. Master techniques for monitoring resource utilization and carbon footprint tracking while gaining deep insights into how these combined tools streamline the understanding of Kubernetes workloads from kernel to code level.