Elevator Pitch
The path to Observability starts with instrumentation. But no lunch is free! There are many different ways of instrumenting applications and components that affect observability.
Let’s tour getting started with instrumenting cloud-native applications and get value for money and time!
Description
There are many different ways of instrumenting applications and components that affect observability, such as log aggregation, distributed tracing, application performance management, and synthetic monitoring. Each method has its own pros and cons.
In order to determine the best way of instrumentation for the observability of software systems, it is important to consider the specific requirements of the system and the cost/benefit of each monitoring method. Different solutions may be more appropriate for different systems depending on the size, complexity, and budget of the organization.
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Outline
The talk will be divided into the following broad sections.
- The landscape of instrumentation in cloud-native applications covers a plethora of tools.
- Deciding the factors which help in choosing one way of instrumentation over the other.
- A way forward for organizations to evolve their instrumentation journey.
Reviewer info
This talk is primarily for practitioners who have to plan and implement the instrumentation journey for their organizations, the organizations that do not have the Observability system yet.
Audience Takeaways
Understand the landscape of instrumenting cloud-native applications to make informed decisions on how to instrument such software systems.