OpenTelemetry Setup

Instrument your applications with OpenTelemetry to collect traces, metrics, and logs in a vendor-neutral format. Covers setup for multiple languages, auto-instrumentation, and exporting to popular observability backends.

Usage

Ask about setting up OpenTelemetry in your language, configuring exporters, or adding custom instrumentation to your code.

Examples

• "How do I set up OpenTelemetry in a Node.js Express app?"
• "Configure OpenTelemetry to export traces to Jaeger"
• "How do I add custom spans to my service methods?"

Guidelines

• Start with auto-instrumentation before adding custom spans
• Use the OpenTelemetry Collector as an intermediary for flexibility
• Set appropriate sampling rates for production workloads
• Propagate context across service boundaries using W3C Trace Context
• Keep span names stable and low-cardinality for effective aggregation