OTel Me More: OpenTelemetry Project News – Vol 32

OpenTelemetry Project News

OpenTelemetry’s Java instrumentation is now in-step with OTel-Java v0.6.0instrumentation is now in-step with OTel-Java v0.6.0, and the tracing proto is now stabletracing proto is now stable. A new feature requestnew feature request looks for streamlining multi-tenancy support in the OpenTelemetry Collector, which could prove very interesting.

Buzz continues to build for OpenTelemetry in the cloud-native world. Elastic introduces its OpenTelemetry integrationElastic introduces its OpenTelemetry integration via the Elastic APM exporterElastic APM exporter, noting, “This integration continues our commitment to openness by embracing open standards support for the evolving OpenTelemetry standard for observability.” There is now an OpenTelemetry Meter Exporter for MackerelOpenTelemetry Meter Exporter for Mackerel, as well.

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-Python #782: Enable API to easily start/stop span without a ContextManagerEnable API to easily start/stop span without a ContextManager

• OpenTelemetry-Python #851: Cannot wrap handler without wrap_server_method_handlerCannot wrap handler without wrap_server_method_handler

Awesome Articles, Resources, and Links

• OpenTelemetry JS plugin for aws-sdkOpenTelemetry JS plugin for aws-sdk (blog) by Amir BAmir B

• OpenTelemetry plugin for KafkaJSOpenTelemetry plugin for KafkaJS (blog) by Amir BAmir B

• OpenTelemetry Go project with Collector and OTLP ExporterOpenTelemetry Go project with Collector and OTLP Exporter (repo) by zeyadkhaledzeyadkhaled

• Austin Parker is hosting office hoursoffice hours, and so is Governance Committee member Liz Fong-JonesLiz Fong-Jones –– sign up for one of their sessions if you have OpenTelemetry or observability questions! HJKH2-w8OY)

• Adding Observability To Your Python Applications With OpenTelemetryAdding Observability To Your Python Applications With OpenTelemetry (blog) by Alex BotenAlex Boten and Austin Parker

Upcoming Conferences, Talks, and Live Events

• Observability of multi-party computation with OpenTelemetry is a CNCF member webinar on July 23rd at 10:00 a.m. PT

• KubeCon is officially going virtualofficially going virtual, with dates announced for August 17-20th of this year

• Stay tuned to the OpenTelemetry Twitch channelOpenTelemetry Twitch channel for the weekly show ‘OpenTelemetry Tuesdays’ at 11 am PT, as well as event-specific live streams

Want to Contribute?

• OTel Me More has a Gitter!OTel Me More has a Gitter! Drop in and say hi. It’s the best place to reach me if you there are any OpenTelemetry events, articles or other OTel resources that you think the community should know about

• 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.