Name: Where’s the Auto in Auto-Instrumentation? A Look at Current Automation Strategies with OTel - Joshua Lee, Altinity
Start: 2025-04-30T11:05:00+0200
End: 2025-04-30T11:45:00+0200

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30 April - 1 May 2025
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Wednesday April 30, 2025 11:05 - 11:45 CEST

Matterhorn

“Automatic Instrumentation” can mean a lot of things depending on context. Whether we’re discussing the Instrumentation SDKs or full-kernel observability with eBPF, the promise is the same: end-to-end observability coverage with no custom code and minimal setup.

First, I will review how the different mechanisms available for automatic instrumentation work within each of the 11 languages supported by OpenTelemetry. I’ll examine:

- how code-path instrumentation works at the library level by diving into the Node.js OpenTelemetry Extension and the JavaScript libraries it supports
- automatic instrumentation via attachment with Java and Python
- automatic instrumentation injection using the OTel Operator for DotNet, Java, and NodeJS

Finally, I’ll take a peek at the future of automatic instrumentation of compiled binaries with a look at the Go instrumentation library built using eBPF.

In this talk will attempt to clarify the different mechanisms that are often colloquially lumped under the term “Auto-Instrumentation” and help to clarify for end users exactly what is possible within each supported language.

Speakers

Joshua Lee

Developer Advocate, Altinity

Joshua is a seasoned software developer with over a decade of experience, specializing in a broad range of topics including operations, observability, agile methodologies, and accessibility. Currently, Joshua serves as a Developer Advocate for Altinity, where he creates educational... Read More →

Wednesday April 30, 2025 11:05 - 11:45 CEST
Matterhorn

Analytics + Security + Observability

OpenSearchCon Europe 2025

Joshua Lee

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