Best of OpenTelemetry — October 2024

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   Community Picks·2y

   5 Tips for Structured Logging in Spring Boot 3.4

   Spring Boot 3.4 introduces native support for structured logging using formats like Elastic Common Schema (ECS) and Logstash. This reduces dependency management and enhances observability in applications by capturing logs in a structured manner. The post emphasizes the importance of logs in understanding application behavior, particularly in distributed systems, and highlights best practices for logging. It also underscores the role of tools like OpenTelemetry and Digma in achieving comprehensive observability.

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   Video

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   Mastering Distributed Tracing with Serilog and Seq in .NET

   Milan demonstrates using Serilog and Seq for structured logging and distributed tracing in a .NET environment. He uses three API applications: Stocks API, Risk Management API, and Reporting API. The process involves creating orders, logging the interactions, installing necessary packages, configuring Serilog, and setting up OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing. Finally, he shows how to visualize and analyze the logs and traces in Seq.

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   Article

   Grafana Labs·2y

   How to quickly configure Grafana Cloud Application Observability with Open Telemetry Operator

   Monitoring application health is crucial, similar to monitoring personal health. This guide describes how to use Grafana Cloud Application Observability and OpenTelemetry Operator to monitor key application performance indicators such as CPU usage, memory consumption, and response times. It delves into the benefits of auto-instrumentation, a zero-code approach for app tracing, and provides a step-by-step guide for setting this up in a Kubernetes cluster, focusing on ease of deployment and configuration.

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