Distributed Tracing with Jaeger and OpenTelemetry - Jonah Kowall, Paessler & Pavol Loffay, Red Hat

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Distributed Tracing with Jaeger and OpenTelemetry - Jonah Kowall, Paessler & Pavol Loffay, Red Hat

In this session, we will introduce the Jaeger project, explain distributed tracing concepts, and the value it brings compared to other telemetry signals like metrics and logs. The session will continue with a live Jaeger demo, after which the audience will understand the platform features. We will switch gears to focus on the exciting release of Jaeger v2, which is due to be released very soon. This new version will further incorporate OpenTelemetry into Jaeger natively. Then we’ll delve into service performance monitoring and the changes which have happened to this critical feature. We will finish by talking about the roadmap and how to get involved with the project, including our expanding LFX and Google Summer of Code mentorship programs.