This article provides an overview of OpenTelemetry, an open-source observability framework, and guides on integrating it with Go applications. It covers key concepts like logs, metrics, and traces, and demonstrates setting up a reusable telemetry package using OpenTelemetry in Go.
OpenTelemetry, a Cloud Native Computing Foundation incubating project, helps software engineers collect and analyze data about system and application performance. Created from the merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus in 2019, it addresses the challenges of observability in large-scale systems, especially with the rise of Kubernetes. The article discusses its rapid adoption, current challenges, and future innovations like profiling signals.
The article discusses the future of observability in 2025, highlighting the significant role of OpenTelemetry and AI in improving observability and reducing costs.
Version 3.0 of the popular open-source monitoring system Prometheus has been released, with enhancements focused on a new user interface, OpenTelemetry support, and other new features aimed at improving user experience and streamlining workflows.
A reflection on the key achievements, contributions, and community efforts of 2024 for OpenTelemetry, including multilingual documentation and IA improvements.
Jaeger, a leading open-source distributed tracing platform, releases its version 2, which aligns with the OpenTelemetry framework, bringing improved performance, streamlined architecture, and native support for OTLP. The update includes advanced sampling techniques, expanded ecosystem access, and a more flexible storage implementation.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announces the expansion of OpenTelemetry into CI/CD observability, enabling standardized and vendor-agnostic monitoring of CI/CD pipelines.
The article explores the evolution of observability from traditional APM tools (Observability 1.0) to a more developer-focused approach (Observability 2.0). Observability 2.0 aims to provide real-time, actionable insights and empower developers throughout the software development lifecycle, addressing technical debt and enhancing the developer experience.
This Splunk Lantern blog post highlights new articles on instrumenting LLMs with Splunk, leveraging Kubernetes for Splunk, and using Splunk Asset and Risk Intelligence.
OpenTelemetry is not just an observability platform, it's a set of best practices and standards that can be integrated into platform engineering or DevOps.
