Introduction to OpenTelemetry
7 October 2025
- BSTUTC
3.5 hours
Convene Sancroft, St. Paul's
Learn the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry, and how to use its signals to identify issues, troubleshoot, and find the root cause quickly in Grafana Cloud
In Grafana Labs’ 2025 Observability Survey, 41% of respondents reported using OpenTelemetry in production, with another 18% actively investigating it. OpenTelemetry enables you to collect and standardize logs, metrics, and traces, and Grafana Cloud provides powerful workflows for visualizing and analyzing this data.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll get an introduction to the fundamentals of OpenTelemetry, learn how to monitor and troubleshoot using Grafana Cloud, and experience OpenTelemetry in action — without having to write any code.
What you’ll learn:
- Introduction to OpenTelemetry fundamentals: signals, terms, and tools
- Tips for reducing MTTR with powerful monitoring and troubleshooting workflows in Grafana Cloud
- How to debug and resolve a problems with hands-on practice using OpenTelemetry signals
- Plus: Q&A with Grafana Labs’ OpenTelemetry experts