Course Code:
opentel
Duration:
14 hours
Prerequisites:
- Basic understanding of cloud-native applications, familiarity with software development and DevOps practices.
Audience
- IT professionals, software developers, and DevOps engineers who are interested in implementing observability in their cloud-native applications.
Overview:
OpenTelemetry is a set of APIs, SDKs, and tools for instrumenting, generating, collecting, and exporting telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to analyze the performance and health of applications. It is an open-source project designed to provide a unified and vendor-neutral way to observe system
Course Outline:
Introduction to OpenTelemetry
- Understanding the goals and benefits of OpenTelemetry.
- Overview of the OpenTelemetry ecosystem: APIs, SDKs, and tools.
Basics of Instrumentation
- Instrumentation of applications: metrics, logs, and traces.
- Practical tasks: 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 use cases of OpenTelemetry.
- Working on group projects utilizing OpenTelemetry.
Observation and Monitoring
- Utilizing OpenTelemetry data for application monitoring.
- Tools for visualizing and analyzing telemetry data.
Best Practices and Summary
- Discussion of best practices in implementing OpenTelemetry.
- Course summary and discussion on further learning steps in OpenTelemetry.
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