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What is OpenTelemetry?
OpenTelemetry is a collection of APIs, SDKs, and tools. Use it to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to help you analyze your software’s performance and behavior."
~ https://opentelemetry.io/ @ 23.12.2025
OpenTelemetry is an open-source framework that enables a unified method for transmitting telemetry data such as metrics, logs, and traces.
Articles
- What is OpenTelemetry?
- OpenTelemetry Glossary
- OpenTelemetry Concepts: Signals
- OpenTelemetry: Getting Started with Node.js
What is a Trace?
"The path of a request through your application."
~ https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/ @ 23.12.2025
The technical path of a request through the system, consisting of multiple spans (individual operations).
What is a Log?
"A recording of an event."
~ https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/ @ 23.12.2025
An event that occurred at a specific point in time.
What is a Metric?
"A measurement captured at runtime."
~ https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/ @ 23.12.2025
A measurement captured at runtime.
What is Baggage?
"Contextual information that is passed between signals."
~ https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/signals/ @ 23.12.2025
Contextual information that can be passed between services to enable distributed tracing.