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OpenTelemetry

4 Courses
4 Labs
9 Hours
Skill IQ

Understand the critical importance of observability in modern applications using OpenTelemetry, the industry-standard framework for collecting telemetry data. This path covers observability practices across multiple programming languages and environments. Learn to instrument applications, collect metrics, traces, and logs while understanding how to effectively monitor and troubleshoot distributed systems. The curriculum emphasizes practical implementation across different technology stacks, ensuring you can build observable systems that scale.

Content in this path
OpenTelemetry: Observability with JavaScript
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What You'll Learn
  • Implement distributed tracing
  • Collect application metrics
  • Configure logging pipelines
  • Monitor system performance
  • Troubleshoot distributed systems
  • Analyze telemetry data
  • Setup observability backends
Prerequisites
  • Programming experience in relevant language
  • Distributed systems basics
  • Basic monitoring concepts
  • Cloud platform familiarity
  • Microservices architecture understanding
  • DevOps fundamentals
Related topics
  • Distributed Tracing
  • Metrics Collection
  • Logging
  • Monitoring
  • Performance Analysis
  • Observability
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