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Learn how to enable LogsDB index mode in Elasticsearch and measure real storage savings. We compare a standard index against a LogsDB index using Apache logs and show how much storage you can reclaim.
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OpenTelemetry Profiles Signal Enters Alpha: Elastic’s Continuous Commitment to Profiling
OpenTelemetry Profiles has officially reached Alpha, entrenching profiling as the fourth observability signal. Elastic's core contribution of its eBPF profiling agent, continued OpenTelemetry Profiles signal work and commitment to a vendor-agnostic ecosystem are driving this industry-wide standard forward.
Centrally Managing OTel Collectors with Elastic Agent and Fleet
How Elastic Agent 9.3 unifies Beats and OpenTelemetry (OTel) data collection and delivers central management with Elastic Fleet.
Now GA: Managed OTLP Endpoint on Elastic Cloud Hosted
The Elastic Managed OTLP Endpoint is now generally available on Elastic Cloud Hosted, bringing managed Kafka-backed resilience and native OTLP ingestion to any OpenTelemetry shipper.
Automated Error Triage: From Reactive to Autonomous
Learn how to automate error triage by using Elasticsearch log clustering and AI agents, turning production logs into actionable root cause reports.
How we fixed head-based sampling in OpenTelemetry
Head-based sampling can break throughput charts without sampling metadata. Learn how OpenTelemetry tracestate probability fields fixed this in Java, JS, and Python.
Turn Dashboards Into an Investigation Tool with ES|QL Variable Controls
Learn how to use ES|QL variables in Kibana to turn a dashboard into an investigation tool, applying value and structure controls to uncover problems.
Developer's Guide to Easy Ops: Demystifying OpenTelemetry's Magic
A Go-based Developer's 101 Guide to Easy Ops with OpenTelemetry and Elastic Observability.
Agent Skills for Elastic Observability
Learn how Agent Skills for Elastic Observability help SREs and developers run observability workflows through natural language to instrument apps with OpenTelemetry, search logs, manage SLOs, understand service health, and help with LLM observability.
Using Azure SRE Agent and Elasticsearch to boost SRE productivity
Learn how to integrate the Azure SRE Agent with Elasticsearch to benefit from AI-driven autonomous operations, smarter detection, and proactive prevention.
Process Kubernetes logs with ease using Elastic Streams
Learn how to process Kubernetes logs with Elastic Streams using conditional blocks, AI-generated Grok patterns, and selective drops to reduce noise and storage cost.
Troubleshooting Kafka-Logstash-Elasticsearch Performance Issues in delay-sensitive platforms
Learn how to troubleshoot ingestion bottlenecks in data pipelines built with Kafka, Logstash and Elasticsearch.
Why Elastic donated its OpenTelemetry PHP distribution
Learn what the OpenTelemetry PHP distro donation changes for package-managed PHP environments, how it compares to existing options, and what contributors can do next.