OpenTelemetry Concepts

Key concepts in OpenTelemetry

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This section covers data sources and key components of the OpenTelemetry project, which can help you understand how OpenTelemetry works.


Introduction à l'observabilité

Concepts fondamentaux de l’observabilité

Propagation du contexte

Présentation du concept permettant le traçage distribué.

Les signaux

Catégories de télémétrie supportées par OpenTelemetry

Instrumentation

How OpenTelemetry facilitates instrumentation

Components

The main components that make up OpenTelemetry

Semantic Conventions

Common names for different kinds of operations and data.

Resources

Instrumentation scope

Sampling

Learn about sampling and the different sampling options available in OpenTelemetry.

Distributions

A distribution, not to be confused with a fork, is customized version of an OpenTelemetry component.

Glossary

Definitions and conventions for telemetry terms as used in OpenTelemetry.


Dernière modification June 3, 2024: [i18n] Docs section ordering fix (#4573) (d638c386)