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Getting Started with OpenTelemetry (LFS148)

Learn to use OpenTelemetry to build and manage unified observability, skills increasingly important to IT developers and engineers career growth.

Who Is It For
This course is designed for software developers, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs), and full-stack or backend developers looking to implement telemetry solutions across various applications and environments.
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What You’ll Learn
Understand the basics of OpenTelemetry, including how to instrument code for traces, metrics, and logs; and use manual and automatic instrumentation to enhance observability in modern applications.
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What It Prepares You For
You’ll be prepared to enhance application observability using OpenTelemetry, implement instrumentation, and operate the OpenTelemetry Collector, opening doors to roles requiring high-demand cloud and distributed system observability skills.
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Course Outline
Chapter 1. Course Introduction
Chapter 2. Why Do We Need OpenTelemetry?
Chapter 3. Overview of the OpenTelemetry Framework
Chapter 4. Hands-on Lab: OpenTelemetry in Action
Chapter 5. Instrumentation
Chapter 6. Hands-on Lab: Automatic Instrumentation and Instrumentation Libraries
Chapter 7. Hands-on Lab: Manual Instrumentation: Traces
Chapter 8. Hands-on Lab: Manual Instrumentation: Metrics
Chapter 9. Hands-on Lab: Manual Instrumentation: Logs
Chapter 10. OpenTelemetry Collector
Chapter 11. Hands-on Lab: Telemetry Pipelines with the OpenTelemetry Collector
Prerequisites
To make the best of this course, you will need to have the following:

  • Programming Knowledge: A basic understanding in programming, preferably with Python and Java
  • Basic Understanding of Distributed Systems: Knowledge of how distributed systems communicate and basic concepts of APIs
  • Experience with Observability Tools: While not strictly required, having some familiarity with existing observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Jaeger can help understand the context and benefits of OpenTelemetry.
  • Command Line Interface (CLI) Skills: Ability to navigate and execute commands in a terminal or command prompt, as many setup and configuration tasks will involve CLI usage.
  • Environment Configuration: Experience with setting up and configuring development environments, including virtual environments and containerization technologies like Docker.
  • Version Control System (VCS) Usage: Familiarity with version control systems like Git, which is essential for managing code and collaborating on projects.
Lab Info
Recommended local setup: For a fully integrated development environment (IDE) with preconfigured linting, formatting, and language-specific settings, the following components are required:

  • Docker (or any compatible container runtime)
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Visual Studio Code Dev Containers extension

The provided Git repository includes a Dev Container configuration that sets up Python, Java, Docker, and the necessary environment variables. The flow of the hands-on lab has been designed and tested using this configuration.

This setup has been successfully tested on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It will require up to 4GB of RAM and 5GB of hard disk space.

Alternative cloud setup:

GitHub Codespaces also supports the Dev Container specification, allowing you to run the lab in a cloud environment. This requires a GitHub account and access to personal Codespaces plans.

Includes
Online, Self Paced
8-10 Hours of Course Material
Discussion Forums
Unlimited Access to Online Course
Digital Badge
Experience Level: Beginner
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