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    • Send telemetry data via OTLP/HTTP
    • Tracing instrumentation best practices
      • Use attributes and log events to find issues fast
      • Dimensionality in observability
      • Performance is a shape. Cost is a number: Sampling
    • Use OpenTelemetry for instrumentation
      • Already using OpenTelemetry Collectors?
      • Quick Start for Java, Node.js, Python, and Go
      • Configure the OpenTelemetry Collector to use a web proxy
    • Ingest traces from the Datadog Agent
    • Instrument with Istio as your service mesh
    • Use Jaeger Agent with Lightstep Observability
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    • Measure Your instrumentation quality
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  • Investigate root causes
    • Use notebooks in your investigation
    • Investigate a metric deviation
      • Troubleshoot Change Intelligence
      • Register a service name attribute for metrics
    • Investigate a latency regression
    • Investigate an error rate increase
    • View and compare deployed versions
    • Create deployment markers
    • Query real-time span data
    • Find correlated areas of latency and errors
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    • Share your findings
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  • Set up and manage microsatellites
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      • Convert a Debian Microsatellite package to RPM
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    • Monitor tracers and Classic Satellites
      • Monitor Satellites, tracers, and service reporting
      • Monitor Satellite pools and Satellites
      • Review Satellite diagnostics
      • Understand StatsD reporting metrics
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      • Load balance Lightstep Observability
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    • Set your time zone
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    • Create and manage access tokens
    • Monitor billing
      • Monitor your account's seats and services usage
    • Manage email notifications
    • Set your span data retention policy
    • Data security in Lightstep Observability
    • Create links to important information
      • Create and manage Workflow Links
      • Use variables in Workflow Links
      • Workflow Links cookbook
    • Post previews to Slack
    • View and manage metric details
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