Category: OpenTelemetry
Articles tagged OpenTelemetry
Three clicks from alert to error log: breaking down RED metrics by any span attribute in Elastic Observability
See which pod, deployment or version is driving a RED metrics change by breaking down span attributes in Discover, then trace a failing span to the error log behind it.
From alert to failing dependency in four clicks: Elastic APM's embedded service map
The APM service map is now embedded on alert pages with filters, connection metrics and a service fly-out so you can analyse dependencies and find the root cause without leaving the alert.
How Elastic cut OpenTelemetry tail sampling memory by 65% with disk-backed trace storage
Elastic contributed two features upstream to the OTel Collector's tail sampling processor. The span-ingest strategy lets sampling decisions happen earlier, and Pebble tail storage moves trace buffering to disk. It costs more CPU, but operators can raise decision_wait and num_traces without OOM kills.
Common ES|QL queries for Kubernetes monitoring
Copy-paste ES|QL queries for Elasticsearch that turn memory pressure and error spikes into a five-minute diagnosis.
One OTLP endpoint, three teams, zero routing rules: Elasticsearch Streams AI Partitioning
Stop writing log routing rules upfront. See how Streams AI Partitioning reads your data, proposes child streams, and lets you set per-team retention in minutes.
Elasticsearch: best-in-class for logs, now best-in-class for metrics
Elasticsearch is now best-in-class for metrics: 30× faster than Prometheus, up to 2.5× more storage-efficient, 50% less than Datadog. Learn about all the capabilities we’ve added.
3 signals, 2 env vars, 0 collectors: OpenTelemetry with Python and Elastic's Managed OTLP Endpoint
Instrument a Flask API with OpenTelemetry and ship traces, metrics, and logs to Elastic Cloud using just 2 environment variables, no collector needed.
Self-Driving Observability: From Stacktraces to Profiling-Derived Metrics
Profiling-derived metrics turn raw stacktraces into time-series KPIs, unlock continuous profiling for every user and lay the foundation for an observability system that detects, investigates, and acts on its own.
Bringing Fire to Elasticsearch: Adding Native Prometheus API Support
Query Elasticsearch directly from Prometheus-compatible clients via native PromQL, discovery, and metadata endpoints. Send data to Elasticsearch with Prometheus Remote Write.
From averages to any percentile: Elasticsearch ships native exponential histogram support in ES|QL
Query any percentile at any time. Elasticsearch natively stores OTel exponential histograms and lets you analyze distributions in ES|QL without fixed buckets or lossy conversions.
ES|QL queries for debugging LLM latency, cost and GPU saturation
Learn how to investigate LLM latency, token cost and GPU saturation using ES|QL against OpenTelemetry traces and get a root cause, not just a symptom.
