
How to capture custom metrics without app code changes using the Java Agent Plugin
When the application you're monitoring doesn't emit the custom metrics you'd like, and you can't directly change the app code, you can use a Java Agent Plugin to automatically instrument the application and emit the custom metrics you desire.

Improving the Elastic APM UI performance with continuous rollups and service metrics
We made significant improvements to the UI performance in Elastic APM to make it scale with even the most demanding workloads, by pre-aggregating metrics at the service level, and storing the metrics at different levels of granularity.
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Gaining new perspectives beyond logging: An introduction to application performance monitoring
Change is on the horizon for the world of logging. In this post, we’ll outline a recommended journey for moving from just logging to a fully integrated solution with logs, traces, and APM.

Trace your Azure Function application with Elastic Observability
Serverless applications deployed on Azure Functions are growing in usage. This blog shows how to deploy a serverless application on Azure functions with Elastic Agent and use Elastic's APM capability to manage and troubleshoot issues.

Monitor OpenAI API and GPT models with OpenTelemetry and Elastic
Get ready to be blown away by this game-changing approach to monitoring cutting-edge ChatGPT applications! As the ChatGPT phenomenon takes the world by storm, it's time to supercharge your monitoring game with OpenTelemetry and Elastic Observability.
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How to monitor Kafka and Confluent Cloud with Elastic Observability
This blog post will take you through best practices to observe Kafka-based solutions implemented on Confluent Cloud with Elastic Observability.

Monitoring Android applications with Elastic APM
Elastic has launched its APM agent for Android applications, allowing developers to track key aspects of applications to help troubleshoot issues and performance flaws with mobile applications, corresponding backend services, and their interactions.

Trace-based testing with Elastic APM and Tracetest
Want to run trace-based tests with Elastic APM? We're happy to announce that Tracetest now integrates with Elastic Observability APM. Check out this hands-on example of how Tracetest works with Elastic Observability APM and OpenTelemetry.
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Independence with OpenTelemetry on Elastic
OpenTelemetry has become a key component for observability given its open standards and developer-friendly tools. See how easily Elastic Observability integrates with OTel to provide a platform that minimizes vendor lock-in and maximizes flexibility.