The Fundamentals of OpenTelemetry

Dive into the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry in this hands-on GopherCon 2020 conference talk. Start with the core concept of context propagation and build up to a comprehensive understanding of distributed tracing. Follow along as the speaker constructs a simple client/server system from scratch, demonstrating how to create instrumentation and set up an OpenTelemetry deployment. Learn to apply distributed tracing techniques for root cause analysis of real-world issues. The 29-minute tutorial covers intro, basic concepts, context propagation, code examples, configuration, setup, and includes a practical demo before wrapping up.