Tag: SDKs
What It Really Takes to Run OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry solved a real problem. Before it, every APM vendor had you install a proprietary agent, which meant switching vendors meant re-instrumenting everything. OTel gave engineering teams a vendor-neutral way to generate ...
How eBPF and OpenTelemetry Have Simplified the Observability Function
Morgan McLean | | auto instrumentation, ebpf, endpoint visibility, Grafana Labs, instrumentation, kernel level, kubernetes, legacy applications, linux, metrics, monitoring, network observability, OBI, observability, observability adoption, observability practice., OpenTelemetry, OpenTelemetry Injector, RED metrics, SDKs, security concerns, Splunk, supply chain, telemetry, third party software, traces, vendor neutral, zero code instrumentationOverview arguing that OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) — combined with OpenTelemetry Injector — removes barriers to full observability by enabling zero-code, kernel-level telemetry for Kubernetes and Linux environments, solving language, legacy, and ...
