Best of OpenTelemetry — June 2024

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   Grafana Labs·2y

   Java observability with OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud, and Digma.ai

   Modern observability tools like OpenTelemetry and platforms such as Grafana Cloud are making it easier for developers to proactively monitor their application's performance. By integrating these tools with specialized solutions like Digma.ai, developers can shorten the feedback loop, identifying and addressing issues more swiftly. The post describes how to connect a Spring Boot application to Grafana Cloud and configure Digma.ai for continuous feedback within the IDE, enhancing the development lifecycle with runtime code analysis.

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   Community Picks·2y

   Practical Logging for PHP Applications with OpenTelemetry

   Setting up effective logging and distributed tracing in PHP applications is crucial, especially in complex microservices environments. OpenTelemetry provides a unified standard for observability, facilitating the collection of logs, metrics, and traces. This guide helps PHP developers instrument their applications using OpenTelemetry, configure the OpenTelemetry Collector, and integrate with various observability backends to enhance troubleshooting capabilities.

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   Javarevisited·2y

   Distributed Request Tracing — Spring Boot 3, Micrometer Tracing with OpenTelemetry

   This post discusses how to leverage Micrometer Tracing and OpenTelemetry together to instrument a Spring Boot app for distributed request tracing.

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