Observability primer
Core observability concepts.
OpenTelemetry Concepts
Key concepts in OpenTelemetry
This section covers data sources and key components of the OpenTelemetry project, which can help you understand how OpenTelemetry works.
Context propagation
Learn about the concept that enables Distributed Tracing.
Signals
Learn about the categories of telemetry supported by OpenTelemetry
Instrumentation
How OpenTelemetry facilitates instrumentation
Components
The main components that make up OpenTelemetry
Semantic Conventions
Common names for different kinds of operations and data.
Sampling
Learn about sampling and the different sampling options available in OpenTelemetry.
Distributions
A distribution, not to be confused with a fork, is customized version of an OpenTelemetry component.
Glossary
Terminology you may or may not be familiar with used by the OpenTelemetry project.
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