Instrument NGINX with OpenTelemetry to capture traces, track latency, and connect upstream and downstream services in a single request flow.

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Learn how to instrument NGINX with OpenTelemetry to capture distributed traces across your entire request path. The guide covers a 5-minute Docker setup using the official nginx:1.25-otel image, production configuration patterns with conditional sampling, and integration with the OpenTelemetry Collector. It includes performance benchmarks showing minimal overhead (0.8% CPU, 3MB memory), Kubernetes deployment patterns, and advanced techniques for correlating logs with traces. The setup enables end-to-end visibility from NGINX through backend services to databases, helping identify bottlenecks in seconds rather than hours.

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