Skill · Observability · Observe a service and its platform
Instrument a service so it emits useful telemetry
Instrument a service with OpenTelemetry so it emits useful traces, metrics and logs, from the first span to production.
Start lesson 1The Observability domain
- 1 lesson
- ~50 min of reading
- 2 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
The path
Where it comes from, where it leads
What you need to know first, where you stand on this skill, and what it opens next. Your status is computed in your browser, from what you have read and passed.
Before · 1 prerequisite
This skill, for you
Instrument a service so it emits useful telemetry
Computing
It unlocks · nothing yet
No other skill requires it: it is an end-of-path skill.
The path through the foundations From the most upstream foundation to this skill: what is in place, what remains to read.
Lessons
How to learn it
1 lesson, about ~50 min, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
1 lesson · ~50 min
Beyond the lessons
Assess, practise, pass the proof
Reading a lesson confirms nothing. A skill is confirmed by a passed quiz, practised in a guided lab, and put to the test by a challenge or a mission; an imported lab result is not verified by the site.
Assess yourself
2 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
No guided lab
No guided lab practices it yet.
Proof
No proof
Neither a challenge nor a mission with a proof yet.
Apply it on real infrastructure
Hands-on lessons: their labs count as practice and their quizzes assess you, without being required to acquire it.
Going further
- OpenTelemetry : API, SDK, OTLP et Collector (in French)
- Traces distribuées : spans, propagation et échantillonnage (in French)
- Instrumentation (in French)
Reference pages: they support the skill without teaching it, and do not count in your journey.
Placement test
Preparing the questions…
Your answers in detail
For each question asked: your answer, the correct answer, its explanation and the page to reread.
Around it
Who requires it, who teaches it
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Taught by
Same block · Observe a service and its platform
- Query a service's metrics to answer an operations question
- Collect a service's metrics and check their quality
- Build a dashboard that answers an operations question
- Define an actionable alert and route it without noise
- Centralize a service's logs and query them
- Route telemetry through a collection pipeline