Observability 2.0

Observability 2.0 moves away from siloed metrics, logs, and traces into wide, contextual, high-cardinality events.

Step 1 — The Shift to OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry (OTel) has become the undisputed standard for instrumenting code, standardizing how telemetry data is generated and exported.

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
      http:
exporters:
  prometheus:
    endpoint: '0.0.0.0:8889'
  jaeger:
    endpoint: 'jaeger-all-in-one:14250'
service:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [jaeger]

Step 2 — Distributed Tracing

In microservices, a single user request might hit 10 services. Traces connect these spans to visualize the critical path and latency.