Prometheus and OpenTelemetry: Enhancing Cloud Native Observability

Explore how Prometheus and OpenTelemetry (OTel) can work together to enhance observability in cloud native environments in this 33-minute conference talk. Learn about using the OTel Collector's Prometheus Receiver for ingesting Prometheus metrics and the OTel Operator's Target Allocator for Prometheus service discovery. Discover how the Target Allocator ensures even distribution of Prometheus targets and explore alternative methods for Prometheus infrastructure metric collection through OTel-native options like the K8s cluster receiver and kubelet receiver. Evaluate the pros and cons of this setup and witness a demonstration of the enhanced Prometheus landscape with OTel, using Grafana to render the metrics. Gain insights from speakers Adriana Villela from ServiceNow Cloud Observability and Reese Lee from New Relic as they navigate the observability realm where OTel complements and enhances Prometheus' capabilities.