OpenTelemetry is becoming the de facto standard for observability, but what makes it so powerful, and how does it work under the hood?
In this first video of our OpenTelemetry Series, Rajith Attapattu (CTO, Randoli) joins Kunal Verma (DevRel Engineer, Randoli) to break down the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry, why it matters, and how it solves modern observability challenges.
➡️ You’ll learn:
- Why standardization is critical in observability
- Key challenges with existing observability
- What OpenTelemetry is and the problems it solves
- Core components: SDKs, Collector, OTLP, and more
- How telemetry flows from app to backend with OTel
- The difference between auto vs manual instrumentation
- Distributing tracing in a MERN application (Demo)
If you're a DevOps, Platform/SRE engineer looking to understand OpenTelemetry from the ground up, this video will set a strong foundation for what's to come in the rest of the series.