Understand the instrumentation
OpenTelemetry for SRE: connect the signals that explain a request
See how signals and context fit together.
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Connect telemetry to an operational question, then follow the evidence through an investigation.
Choose the first request path
Distributed tracing: choose the first request path to instrument
Scope an initial tracing exercise around a customer-critical path.
Read the articleRead the evidence carefully
Read a distributed trace without mistaking it for the whole system
Understand what a trace includes and what it cannot establish.
Read the articlePreserve useful events
Observability logs: preserve the events an investigation needs
Choose logs that support investigation rather than simply increasing volume.
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