Observing Lambdas using the OpenTelemetry Collector Extension Layer
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 in 2025
Getting telemetry data out of modern applications is very straightforward (or at least it should be). You set up a collector which either receives data from your application or asks it to provide an up-to-date state of various counters. This happens …
OpenTelemetry on Mainframe Priorities Survey
Friday, January 31, 2025 in 2025
The OpenTelemetry project and The Open Mainframe Project established the SIG “OpenTelemetry on Mainframe” at the beginning of 2024. Our focus is to enable OpenTelemetry on the mainframe for improved end-to-end observability and to support mainframe …
Announcing the Beta Release of OpenTelemetry Go Auto-Instrumentation using eBPF
Thursday, January 30, 2025 in 2025
The OpenTelemetry community is excited to announce the beta release of the OpenTelemetry Go Auto-Instrumentation project! This milestone brings us closer to our mission of making observability simple, accessible, and effective for Go applications. …
Kubernetes annotation-based discovery for the OpenTelemetry Collector
Monday, January 27, 2025 in 2025
In the world of containers and Kubernetes, observability is crucial. Users need to know the status of their workloads at any given time. In other words, they need observability into moving objects. This is where the OpenTelemetry Collector and its …
Alibaba, Datadog, and Quesma Join Forces on Go Compile-Time Instrumentation
Friday, January 24, 2025 in 2025
Standards are only useful if they’re widely adopted, and adoption is only effective if the available tooling facilitates it. I imagine SI units would not have been too popular when they were introduced if you had to build your own scales to …
OpenTelemetry Go 2025 Goals
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 in 2025
As we kick off 2025, the OpenTelemetry Go team has come together to set a roadmap for the year. Our focus is on driving the OpenTelemetry Go project forward while strengthening its integration with the broader OpenTelemetry ecosystem. Goals …