OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News – Vol 15

OpenTelemetry Project News

• Want to improve observability in iOS? There is now a Swift implementation of OpenTelemetry! This repository is looking for active maintainers and reviewers
• OpenTelemetry Python v0.4 is now available! The v0.4 spec includes a fully working metric pipeline with Prometheus exporters, named tracers, and several extensions including dbapi, MySQL, and psycopg2

• Featured Issues:

  • OpenTelemetry-Collector #482: Add E2E test for Zipkin format
  • OpenTelemetry-Collector #557: Doc: add section about using env vars on config file

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• Observe 20/20 Boston FTW!
• Lightstep’s Learning Portal offers resources for OpenTelemetry ranging from Getting Started guides to implementation best practices

Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events

• Catch Greg Mefford on Feb 27-28 in Austin, TX
• Lightstep and Honeycomb team up for an OpenTelemetry workshop at QCon London on March 4th
• Kubecon EU. More details to come about the Day Zero OpenTelemetry workshop!
• Join us in Boston, MA on April 6 for Observe 20/20, and make sure to check back for details on an OpenTelemetry workshop during the event
• Stay tuned to the OpenTelemetry Twitch channel for the weekly show ‘OpenTelemetry Tuesdays’ and event-specific livestreams

Want to Contribute?

• 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 Python), find an issue and get started!
• Join the community on GitHub