OpenTelemetry

Already using OpenTelemetry and the Collector?

If you've already instrumented with OpenTelemetry using Collectors, then getting data into Cloud Observability requires only an edit to the configuration file.

Configure the Collector to use a web proxy

Learn how to configure your OpenTelemetry Collector to send telemetry data via a web security appliance or proxy.

Ingest metrics using the Collector

Send metric data from the OpenTelemetry Collector directly to Cloud Observability using OpenTelemetry Protocol.

Ingest metrics using the OpenTelemetry SDK

Send metric data from an OpenTelemetry SDK directly to Cloud Observability using OpenTelemetry Protocol.

Monitor and investigate

Cloud Observability has several tools that help you in all your observability flows, whether it's continual monitoring, triaging an incident, correlation analysis, or managing your team's observability practices.

Monitor the OpenTelemetry Collector

Cloud Observability provides pre-built modules to manage OpenTelemetry Collector monitoring dashboards.

OpenTelemetry Quickstart

Get started with OpenTelemetry and Cloud Observability using the OpenTelemetry Demo app to see data in Cloud Observability quickly.

Prometheus concepts in Cloud Observability

How do Prometheus metrics translate to Cloud Observability metrics?

Quickstart

Use this quickstart to see both metric and span data in Cloud Observability.

Quickstart

Use this quickstart to see both metric and span data in Cloud Observability.

Quickstart Kubernetes: Collector and Operator

Learn about the Kubernetes Operator for OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send telemetry from k8s clusters to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart Kubernetes: OpenTelemetry-first infrastructure monitoring

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector's kubernetes receivers, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart: Collector for application data using Docker

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart: Collector for infrastructure using Docker

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your infrastructure metrics to Cloud Observability using Docker.

Quickstart: Tracing instrumentation

Learn how to instrument your app for distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry and Cloud Observability.

Recommended Collector configuration

Use Cloud Observability best practices to configure your Collector

Send data to the ServiceNow CMDB

You can send OpenTelemetry data from Cloud Observability to the ServiceNow CMDB using the Service Graph Connector for OpenTelemetry.

Send telemetry data via OTLP/HTTP

Learn how to configure your instrumentation or OpenTelemetry Collector to send telemetry data to Cloud Observability's OTLP/HTTP endpoints.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with .NET

Learn how to instrument your .NET application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Go

Learn how to instrument your Go application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Java

Learn how to instrument your Java application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Node.JS

Learn how to instrument your Node.JS application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Python

Learn how to instrument your Python application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Tracing Instrumentation Best Practices

Observability gives you the necessary information about the health and efficiency of your system. However, systems are large and complex, so the question is what do you decide to measure and where do you start?

Troubleshooting Missing Data in Cloud Observability

Data can appear incomplete or not appear in Cloud Observability for several reasons. Here are some troubleshooting steps for the most common causes.

Use attributes and log events to find issues fast

A span can have zero or more key/value *attributes*. Attributes allow you to create metadata about the span.

Use the OpenTelemetry Collector

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.

What is OpenTelemetry?

Learn about OpenTelemetry and how it can help you in your Observability journey.

Ingest metrics using the OpenTelemetry Collector

Send metric data from the OpenTelemetry Collector directly to Cloud Observability using OpenTelemetry Protocol.