OpenTelemetry Articles
Self-Driving Observability: From Stacktraces to Profiling-Derived Metrics
Profiling-derived metrics turn raw stacktraces into time-series KPIs, unlock continuous profiling for every user and lay the foundation for an observability system that detects, investigates, and acts on its own.
Bringing Fire to Elasticsearch: Adding Native Prometheus API Support
Query Elasticsearch directly from Prometheus-compatible clients via native PromQL, discovery, and metadata endpoints. Send data to Elasticsearch with Prometheus Remote Write.
From averages to any percentile: Elasticsearch ships native exponential histogram support in ES|QL
Query any percentile at any time. Elasticsearch natively stores OTel exponential histograms and lets you analyze distributions in ES|QL without fixed buckets or lossy conversions.
ES|QL queries for debugging LLM latency, cost and GPU saturation
Learn how to investigate LLM latency, token cost and GPU saturation using ES|QL against OpenTelemetry traces and get a root cause, not just a symptom.
30x faster than Prometheus: how we rebuilt Elasticsearch as a leading columnar metrics datastore
Elasticsearch now stores OTel metrics at 3.75 bytes per data point and queries them up to 30x faster than Prometheus. Here's how we rebuilt TSDS and ES|QL.
How Elastic's ML and AI Assistant cut 802.1x triage from 20 minutes to seconds in the NOC
Find out how Network Operations Center (NOC) teams use Elasticsearch, ML, and the Elastic AI Assistant to cut MTTR, tame alert fatigue, and solve network issues fast.
How to trace MCP server tool calls with OpenTelemetry and Elastic APM
Add OpenTelemetry tracing to an MCP server, visualize tool call performance in Elastic APM, and query the trace data from Claude Desktop using the Agent Builder MCP.
Kubernetes observability: MCP specialist agents for safer EKS triage
Scope a specialist EKS MCP agent for cluster checks while the Elastic AI Agent triages; fix a service misconfiguration using the specialist agent in a few prompts.
Migrate Logstash Pipelines from Azure Event Hubs to OTel Collector Kafka Receiver
Step-by-step guide to migrating Logstash pipelines from the Azure Event Hubs plugin to the OpenTelemetry Collector Kafka receiver.
Investigate Kubernetes infrastructure issues with PromQL in Elasticsearch & Kibana
Walkthrough of a Kubernetes fleet-wide CPU investigation in Elastic Observability, from cluster to namespace to the noisy pod, using PromQL in Elasticsearch and Kibana.
OpenTelemetry browser instrumentation using EDOT Browser & Kibana
A step-by-step guide on OpenTelemetry browser instrumentation. Learn how to add EDOT Browser to a web app, export browser telemetry via OTLP, and verify traces, spans, and service maps in Kibana.
Visualizing OpenTelemetry Data in Elastic with OpenTelemetry Content Packages
Learn and explore how OpenTelemetry Content Packages in Elastic provide instant dashboards, alerts, and SLOs for your telemetry data.