Building an APM with OpenTelemetry and OpenSource

Explore how to construct a powerful Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solution using OpenTelemetry and open-source technologies in this 18-minute conference talk from SREcon23 Americas. Discover the potential of leveraging OpenTelemetry instrumentation SDKs and CNCF backends like Prometheus and Jaeger to create a cost-effective alternative to proprietary APM solutions. Learn about implementation risks, upcoming improvements in the OpenTelemetry community, and how these advancements will enhance the value and ease of use for developers. Gain insights into assembling a feature-rich APM system entirely built on and supported by open-source technologies, challenging the notion that comprehensive APM solutions must be expensive and proprietary.