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https://kubecon.ioOTel+K8s= ❤️: An Introduction To OpenTelemetry for Kubernetes Users - Christos Markou, Elastic & Jacob Aronoff
Running OpenTelemetry on Kubernetes offers immense potential for observability. This session is an introduction to OpenTelemetry for Kubernetes users, providing an analysis of core components, such as Collector receivers and their use cases, types of data collected, key metrics to monitor, and practical log collection approaches.
In addition, this session explores various deployment strategies and architectural decisions. The session demonstrates using the OpenTelemetry Collector, Operator, and Helm charts, to achieve effective observability on K8s. Last but not least, it will touch on operational challenges, trade offs, and limitations of running OpenTelemetry at scale.
Join us to learn why OpenTelemetry and Kubernetes is all about love!