Learn about the concept that enables Distributed Tracing.| OpenTelemetry
Status: Stable, except where otherwise specified The Tracing API consists of these main components: TracerProvider is the entry point of the API. It provides access to Tracers. Tracer is responsible for creating Spans. Span is the API to trace an operation. Data types While languages and platforms have different ways of representing data, this section defines some generic requirements for this API. Time OpenTelemetry can operate on time values up to nanosecond (ns) precision. The representati...| OpenTelemetry
Status: Stable for the trace, metric and log signals. Development for the profiles signal. The OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) specification describes the encoding, transport, and delivery mechanism of telemetry data between telemetry sources, intermediate nodes such as collectors and telemetry backends. OTLP is a general-purpose telemetry data delivery protocol designed in the scope of the OpenTelemetry project. Protocol Details OTLP defines the encoding of telemetry data and the protocol used...| OpenTelemetry
This document provides an overview of the OpenTelemetry project and defines important fundamental terms. Additional term definitions can be found in the glossary. OpenTelemetry Client Architecture At the highest architectural level, OpenTelemetry clients are organized into signals. Each signal provides a specialized form of observability. For example, tracing, metrics, and baggage are three separate signals. Signals share a common subsystem – context propagation – but they function indepe...| OpenTelemetry