OpenTelemetry

Characteristics

OpenTelemetry is a set of APIs, SDKs, and tools for instrumentation, generation, collection, and export of telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to analyze application performance and health. It is an open-source project designed to provide a unified and vendor-agnostic way of system observability.

Target Audience

• IT Professionals
• Developers and DevOps engineers interested in implementing observability in their cloud-native applications

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of cloud-native applications
• Knowledge of software development principles and DevOps practices

Introduction to OpenTelemetry

• Understanding the goals and benefits of OpenTelemetry.
• Overview of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem: APIs, SDKs, and tools.

Instrumentation Basics

• Application instrumentation: metrics, logs, and traces.
• Hands-on tasks: A simple application with OpenTelemetry instrumentation.

Advanced Instrumentation Techniques

• Instrumentation for advanced use cases.
• Integration with various frameworks and programming languages.

Workshops and Case Studies

• Analysis of real-world OpenTelemetry use cases.
• Working on group projects utilizing OpenTelemetry.

Observability and Monitoring

• Using OpenTelemetry data for application monitoring.
• Tools for visualization and analysis of telemetry data.

Best Practices and Summary

• Discussion of best practices in OpenTelemetry implementation.
• Course summary and discussion on further learning steps in OpenTelemetry.