Enablement Kubernetes OpenTelemetry

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Id: enablement-kubernetes-opentelemetry

Summary: kubernetes observability with dynatrace and opentelemetry

Author: Tony Pope-Cruz

Enablement Kubernetes OpenTelemetry

Lab Overview

During this hands-on training, we’ll learn how to capture logs, traces, and metrics from Kubernetes using OpenTelemetry and ship them to Dynatrace for analysis. This will demonstrate how to use Dynatrace with OpenTelemetry; without any Dynatrace native components installed on the Kubernetes cluster (Operator, OneAgent, ActiveGate, etc.).

Lab tasks:

1. OpenTelemetry Logs

   • Deploy OpenTelemetry Collector as a DaemonSet
   • Deploy OpenTelemetry Collector as a Deployment
   • Configure OpenTelemetry Collector service pipeline for log enrichment
   • Query and visualize logs in Dynatrace using DQL

2. OpenTelemetry Traces

   • Deploy OpenTelemetry Collector as a Deployment
   • Configure OpenTelemetry Collector service pipeline for span enrichment
   • Analyze application reliability via traces in Dynatrace

3. OpenTelemetry Metrics

   • Deploy OpenTelemetry Collector as a DaemonSet
   • Configure OpenTelemetry Collector service pipeline for metric enrichment
   • Deploy OpenTelemetry Collector as a Deployment
   • Configure OpenTelemetry Collector service pipeline for metric enrichment
   • Query and visualize metrics in Dynatrace using DQL

4. OpenTelemetry Capstone

   • Deploy 4 OpenTelemetry Collectors
   • Configure OpenTelemetry Collector service pipeline for data enrichment
   • Analyze metrics, traces, and logs in Dynatrace
   • Observe OpenTelemetry Collector health in Dynatrace

Ready to learn how to ship OpenTelemetry signals to Dynatrace?

View the Lab Guide