Practical Introduction to OpenTelemetry Tracing

Explore a comprehensive conference talk on OpenTelemetry tracing presented by Nicolas Frankel at Conf42 DevOps 2023. Gain practical insights into implementing distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry, a powerful observability framework. Learn about the fundamentals of tracing, its importance in modern distributed systems, and how OpenTelemetry simplifies the process of instrumenting applications. Discover best practices for implementing tracing in your projects, understanding trace context propagation, and leveraging OpenTelemetry's vendor-agnostic approach. Dive into real-world examples and demonstrations that showcase the benefits of OpenTelemetry tracing in improving system performance, troubleshooting, and overall observability. Whether you're a DevOps engineer, developer, or system architect, this 41-minute talk provides valuable knowledge to enhance your understanding of distributed tracing and its practical implementation using OpenTelemetry.