Lightning Talk: Kick-Start Distributed Tracing in Istio with OpenTelemetry - Chris Detsicas
Channel: CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Date: 2024-03-28

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Lightning Talk: Kick-Start Distributed Tracing in Istio with OpenTelemetry - Chris Detsicas, ThousandEyes (part of Cisco)

Harnessing the power of distributed tracing within Istio, especially in conjunction with OpenTelemetry, provides invaluable visibility. In this ⚡ Lightning Talk, we will dive into practical strategies to configure Istio for effective distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry. We'll touch on considerations for sampling and underscore the need for application level instrumentation. Furthermore, we'll delve into correlating logs with traces. This talk aims to equip you with fundamental insights to boost the observability of your microservices ecosystem, providing a solid foundation to get started with distributed tracing in Istio.