Concepts
What is OpenTelemetry, what does it provide and what does it support?
For documentation and guides on specific languages or the Collector, please follow the links in the navigation bar.
OpenTelemetry is a set of APIs, SDKs, tooling and integrations that are designed for the creation and management of telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs. This documentation page is intended to broadly cover key terms, concepts, and instructions on how to use OpenTelemetry in your software.
What is OpenTelemetry, what does it provide and what does it support?
An language-specific introduction to OpenTelemetry in JavaScript (for Node.JS & the browser).
Vendor-agnostic way to receive, process and export telemetry data
Resources to aid in running an OpenTelemetry workshop
How to contribute to the OpenTelemetry documentation