Judging Telemetry Quality using Weaver
"Is my telemetry good?" In this post I'll show you how to answer that question using the Weaver tool from the OpenTelemetry project.
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OpenTelemetry Semantic Conventions Best Practices
In this video, I respond to a Reddit thread where a user was asking for feedback on leveraging the existing OpenTelemetry semantic conventions vs. a "roll your own" approach. I present some things you consider before finalising your choice.
Exploring the OpenTelemetry filestats receiver
In this 5 minute video, I explain the OpenTelemetry filestats receiver.
Everyone has an OpenTelemetry Distribution: Which one should I choose?
A lot of OpenTelemetry collector distributions exist. Many from the OpenTelemetry project, every vendor seemingly has their own and you can build YOUR own? So which should you choose?
Everything you need to know (to get started) with the OpenTelemetry Collector
In this video I deep dive into the OpenTelemetry collector components and explain everything you need to know to get started with the OpenTelemetry collector.
OpenTelemetry Logs using only cURL?
Another video where I show how to get started ridiculously easy with OpenTelemetry logging, using a tool we ALL have access to: cURL.
Autoinstrumentation of Python FastAPI with OpenTelemetry
In this video I demonstrate how to autoinstrument a Python-based FastAPI application with OpenTelemetry in 2 lines of code, using auto instrumentation.
OpenTelemetry Spans vs. Traces
What's the difference between an OpenTelemetry span and an OpenTelemetry trace?
Sending Python Spans to Jaeger via a Collector
In the third episode of the series, the spans are sent from Python to Jaeger via an OpenTelemetry collector.
Enriching OpenTelemetry Span Metadata in Python
In the second of the series, the spans are enriched with useful metadata: Setting the span status, adding span attributes and span events.