Application Observability resource attributes

OpenTelemetry resource attributes are added to log, span, and metrics emitted by your application.

These service resource attributes allow you to filter your metrics and traces effectively:

Attribute	Description
service.namespace	An optional namespace for `service.name`
service.name	The application name
deployment.environment	Name of the deployment environment (`staging` or `production`)
service.instance.id	The unique instance, e.g. the pod name
service.version	The application version, to see if a new version has introduced a bug

OpenTelemetry logs and metrics are stored in Loki and Prometheus respectively. Both Loki and Prometheus use job and instance labels according the OpenTelemetry compatibility specification with Prometheus and OpenMetrics:

Label	Filled with attribute (if it is found)
job	`${service.namespace}/${service.name}` (if `service.namespace` is defined) or `service.namespace`
instance	`service.instance.id`

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