OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News – Vol 22

OpenTelemetry Project News

There are now two SIGs for metrics and logs, respectively. If you are interested in joining the weekly meetings, please follow along the public calendarpublic calendar for the most up-to-date scheduling.

The .NET sphere brings a lot of updates this week:

• SteeltoeSteeltoe, a .NET framework that provides libraries for quickly creating cloud-native microservices, is now using OpenTelemetrynow using OpenTelemetry for its metrics endpoint

• The .NET design team is making a host of improvementsmaking a host of improvements around OpenTelemetry integrations

These OpenTelemetry SIGs are looking for extra support! Open source efforts rely on developers like you -- get involved with one of these implementations:

• OTel-RustOTel-Rust is looking for contributors and maintainers

• OTel-PHPOTel-PHP is looking for contributors and maintainers

• OTel-C++OTel-C++ is looking for contributors and maintainers

• OTel-RubyOTel-Ruby has seen a lot of contributions, but would benefit from having more dedicated maintainers

This week’s Featured Issues:

• OpenTelemetry-dotnet #405: Automate W3C trace-context test suite runAutomate W3C trace-context test suite run

• OpenTelemetry-dotnet #425: Add Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus adapterAdd Microsoft.Azure.ServiceBus adapter

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• What’s OpenTelemetry and What Does it Bring?What’s OpenTelemetry and What Does it Bring? (blog) by Emrah ŞamdanEmrah Şamdan

• OpenTelemetry .NET SDK progressOpenTelemetry .NET SDK progress (blog) by Sergey KanzhelevSergey Kanzhelev

• Jaeger, with Yuri Shkuro on the Kubernetes PodcastJaeger, with Yuri Shkuro on the Kubernetes Podcast (podcast) with Yuri ShkuroYuri Shkuro

• Virtual Rejekts 2020Virtual Rejekts 2020 (full conference recording)

• The Case for Human-Centric Observability with Austin ParkerThe Case for Human-Centric Observability with Austin Parker (video)

• You can now use OpenTelemetry with Go and Node.js to instrument your applications running on GKE and Compute Engine.You can now use OpenTelemetry with Go and Node.js to instrument your applications running on GKE and Compute Engine. (release notes)

Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events

• Join @gianarb@gianarb as he sits live with Daniel DylaDaniel Dyla and Walter Dal MutWalter Dal Mut to discuss OpenTelemetry and JS on Show Me Your CodeShow Me Your Code, Thursday April 16th, 6-7pm GMT+2

• Austin ParkerAustin Parker will explain how new open source tools such as OpenTelemetry can help you understand performance of cloud-native software, and how you can easily get started using them. Tune in at 1 PM ET on 4/14/20Tune in at 1 PM ET on 4/14/20

• 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 OpenTelemetryHow 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, GoGo, JavaJava, or NodeNode (among others)(among others), find an issue and get started!

• Join the community on GitHubcommunity on GitHub and the conversation on Gitterconversation on Gitter

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