OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News – Vol 12

OpenTelemetry Project News

• CNCF has finalized talk schedules for KubeCon EU and OpenTelemetry has a great presencegreat presence. Sergey KanzhelevSergey Kanzhelev wrote an excellent breakdown of the talksexcellent breakdown of the talks

• OpenTelemetry Enhancement Proposal (OTEP) 66OpenTelemetry Enhancement Proposal (OTEP) 66 has merged, laying out the details for a new Context Propagation API, with the aim of making this specification a v0.3 feature

• Removal of the Metric Gauge instrument in favor of other instruments is gaining momentumgaining momentum

• Featured Issues

  • OpenTelemetry-JS: Add ForceFlush to span processor #729Add ForceFlush to span processor #729

  • OpenTelemetry-JS: Add cross-browser CI tests of browser plugins #650Add cross-browser CI tests of browser plugins #650

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• Check out Morgan McLean’sMorgan McLean’s Monthly OpenTelemetry UpdateMonthly OpenTelemetry Update for January 2020

• Custom Metrics in Node.js with OpenTelemetryCustom Metrics in Node.js with OpenTelemetry (blog) by Yuri GrinshteynYuri Grinshteyn

• Monitoring Go Applications with OpenTelemetryMonitoring Go Applications with OpenTelemetry (presentation) by Johannes LiebermannJohannes Liebermann

Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events

• Catch Greg MeffordGreg Mefford on Feb 27-28 in Austin, TX

• Lightstep and Honeycomb team up for an OpenTelemetry workshop at QCon LondonQCon London on March 4th

• Kubecon EUKubecon EU kicks off on March 30th. OpenTelemetry workshop on Day Zero!

• Join us in Boston, MA on April 6 for Observe 2020Observe 2020, and make sure to check back for details on an OpenTelemetry workshop during the event

• Stay tuned to the OpenTelemetry Twitch channelOpenTelemetry Twitch channel for the weekly show ‘OpenTelemetry Tuesdays’ and event-specific livestreams

Want to Contribute?

• How to Start Contributing to OpenTelemetry How to Start Contributing to OpenTelemetry (blog) by Austin Parker

• OpenTelemetry is an open source project with implementations in many different languages, so whether you prefer to work with PythonPython), find an issue and get started!

• Join the community on GitHubcommunity on GitHub

Interested in joining our team? See our open positions herehere.