Getting Started with OpenTelemetry: Metrics, Logs & Traces

Unlock the power of observability with OpenTelemetry! This comprehensive course guides developers, DevOps engineers, and SREs through everything you need to know to gain deep insights into your applications. Learn how to effectively monitor and troubleshoot your systems, leading to faster resolution times and improved performance.

Understanding Observability & OpenTelemetry

• What is Observability? Explore the crucial difference between traditional monitoring and the proactive approach of observability. Understand how observability helps you understand the internal state of your systems.
• What is OpenTelemetry? Discover OpenTelemetry, the leading open-source observability framework for tracing, metrics, and logging. Learn how it standardizes data collection and export.
• Setup OpenTelemetry Collector: Get hands-on experience setting up the OpenTelemetry Collector on Ubuntu, the central component for receiving, processing, and exporting telemetry data.

Getting Started with OpenTelemetry on Linux

• Install .NET Core SDK: A detailed guide on installing the .NET Core SDK on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, a prerequisite for many OpenTelemetry applications.
• Install OpenTelemetry for .NET Apps: Learn the straightforward process of installing the OpenTelemetry SDK for your .NET applications.

Instrumenting Applications with OpenTelemetry

• Java Application Instrumentation:
  • Gradle Integration: Instrument your Java applications using the OpenTelemetry Java Agent with Gradle.
  • Maven Integration: Instrument your Java applications using the OpenTelemetry Java Agent with Maven.
  • Alerting with Prometheus & Grafana: Implement robust alerting for Java API 5xx errors using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
  • Collect HTTP Metrics: Learn how to effectively collect HTTP metrics for your Java applications using OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.
• Flask API Instrumentation: Instrument your Flask API with OpenTelemetry to expose valuable HTTP metrics and gain insights into its performance.
• .NET Application Instrumentation: A step-by-step guide to integrating OpenTelemetry into your .NET applications.
• .NET API Availability Monitoring: Monitor the availability of your .NET APIs using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• 5xx Alert Monitoring: Implement effective monitoring for .NET API 5xx errors using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• PHP Application Instrumentation:
  • Manual Instrumentation: Learn how to manually instrument your PHP applications with OpenTelemetry.
  • Zero-Code Instrumentation: Explore zero-code instrumentation options for PHP applications, simplifying the integration process.

OpenTelemetry Interview Preparation

• OpenTelemetry Interview Questions & Answers: Prepare for your next interview with a comprehensive list of common OpenTelemetry interview questions and detailed answers.

This course provides a practical, hands-on approach to leveraging OpenTelemetry for comprehensive observability, empowering you to build more reliable and performant applications.