OpenObservability Talks

As more organizations move to use OpenTelemetry in production at scale, with multiple Collectors across heterogeneous environments, a new challenge arises:  how to remotely manage, configure, and update this agent fleet in a consistent and secure way?This is where Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP) comes into the picture: it provides a standardized protocol that lets a central backend automatically configure agents, push updates, monitor their health, and collect status information. In this episode Horovits hosts Andy Keller, OpAMP Maintainer and Principal Engineer at Bindplane, to discuss how OpAMP makes large-scale observability deployments much easier to operate and control. Andy shares the project status, including hot KubeCon update you don’t want to miss.You can read the recap post: https://medium.com/p/737b6af8222b/Show Notes:00:00 - intro02:01 - why OpAMP mission statement04:29 - types of OpenTelemetry Collector fleet deployments06:49 - from configuration management to observability 10:23 - OpAMP for Kubernetes  15:58 - OpAMP protocol and components26:54 - OpAMP for remote management of OTel Java SDK and other agents 33:38 - server implementations for OpAMP36:33 - adopter vendors and end-users 39:14 - project maturity42:59 - protocol vs. product47:55 - OpAMP Gateway launch 51:10 - Scale of OTel Collector deployments54:56 - OpAMP roadmap59:12 - where to follow the project and Andy1:02:34 - outroResources:OpAMP specification: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/opamp/ OpAMP for OpenTelemetry Collector: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/cmd/opampsupervisor/specification/README.md Nike talk at KubeCon on using OpAMP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68ThM9DqQ0 OpAMP Gateway Extension - launch blog: https://bindplane.com/blog/opamp-for-opentelemetry-managing-collector-fleets-and-introducing-the-new-opamp-gateway-extension Socials:Dotan Horovits============X (Twitter): @horovitsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/horovitsMastodon: @horovits@fosstodonBlueSky: @horovits.bsky.socialAndy Keller==========X (Twitter): @andykellrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjkeller/BlueSky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/openobservability.bsky.social⁠X (Twitter): ⁠⁠https://x.com/OpenObserv⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/openobservability/⁠YouTube:⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@openobservabilitytalks⁠⁠OpenObservability Talks episodes are released monthly, on the last Thursday of each month and are available for listening on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube.

Juraci Paixão Kröhling, software engineer, OpenTelemetry Governance Committee member and Jaeger co-founder. He shares takeaways from OTel Unplugged: stabilization and graduation plans, OTel Blueprints as practical adoption recipes, risks of vendor-tied collectors, noisy and sensitive telemetry, no-code instrumentation like Injector and Weaver, Instrumentation Score, and progress on mobile and browser observability.

Chris Aniszczyk, CTO and co-founder of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, joins for an engaging discussion about CNCF’s remarkable first decade. He reflects on the impressive growth of the cloud-native ecosystem, now home to over 230 projects and 300,000 contributors. Chris predicts an exciting convergence of security and observability ahead. They explore Kubernetes’ evolution into a foundational standard for cloud-native systems, the role of AI in open-source contributions, and the launch of the new Agentic AI Foundation. A must-listen for tech enthusiasts!

Nir Gazit, CEO of TraceLoop and creator of the OpenLLMetry project, dives deep into the realm of AI observability. He explores how traditional metrics fall short in the face of AI’s unique challenges like hallucinations. The discussion covers innovative semantic conventions for monitoring generative AI and tracing prompt responses to enhance explainability. Nir also shares insights on logging practices, the evolution of OpenLLMetry tools, and the vision behind integrating AI observability into the popular OpenTelemetry framework.

Mario Macías, a Principal Software Engineer at Grafana Labs with a Ph.D. in Computer Architecture, dives into the fascinating world of eBPF and its applications in observability. He discusses the OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI), highlighting its no-code, multi-language capabilities that enhance app monitoring. Mario reveals how OBI captures essential metrics and supports complex protocols, and how it can be seamlessly deployed in production. He also touches on collaboration within the community and the future roadmap for OBI.

In this discussion, Yaron Schneider, co-creator of Dapr and KEDA, shares insights from his extensive experience in cloud architecture. He highlights how Dapr provides easy abstractions for developers across cloud platforms and the critical role KEDA plays in event-driven autoscaling. Yaron further explores the importance of observability with tracing over logs in distributed systems. Additionally, he touches on the intersection of AI and Dapr, emphasizing innovative durability features for automated agents. A must-listen for enthusiasts of cloud-native tech!

In this discussion, Mike Shi, co-founder of HyperDX and Head of Observability at ClickHouse, shares insights on ClickStack, a new open-source observability stack combining ClickHouse, OpenTelemetry, and HyperDX. He explains why they chose ClickHouse over Elasticsearch for its performance and tuning advantages. Mike also discusses the user experience goals of HyperDX, the benefits of adopting OpenTelemetry, and the challenges of open-source product development. He highlights real-world applications, including how companies like OpenAI and Tesla leverage ClickStack for effective telemetry.

We are overdue for a vendor neutral industry wide event dedicated to our favorite topic - open observability.Last month (June 2025) the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ran the first-ever Open Observability Summit, bringing together the world’s best experts in the field in a day packed with talks from project maintainers, end users and practitioners.We’re proud partners of the event, and are here to bring you the highlights from this industry-shaping event.This special episode has two parts, one recorded onsite before the event, covering conference goals, and insights from the talk submissions, and the other recorded after the event, covering the highlights of the events and the talks. The guests for is episode are two observability veterans: Alok Bhide, member of the event’s content committee and head of product innovation at Chronosphere; and Henrik Rexed, developer advocate at Dynatrace, CNCF Ambassador, and host of Is It Observable podcast.Catch up on everything you need to know from the first-ever Open Observability Summit.You can read the recap post: https://medium.com/p/d42c8826d6a5/Show Notes:00:00 - intro02:52 - Part 1 pre-event03:40 - guest intro Alok Bhide04:49 - a new community event for open observability06:58 - talk submission highlights from the CFP content reviewer12:34 - a view of the open observability stack and its use 16:42 - Fluent Bit alignment with OpenTelemetry20:08 - AI in observability25:34 - Part 2 talk highlights26:22 - Fluent Bit vs. OpenTelemetry Collector benchmark analysis37:51 - OpenSearch 3.1 release40:47 - eBay’s observability talk47:00 - Kotlin SDK for OTel talk for Android developers51:45 - Otel Collector fine-tuning talk53:52 - Broadcom OTel use case from mobile to mainframe56:43 - Spotify migration from in-house TSDB to VictoriaMetrics and Prometheus58:20 - OTel Collector replacement in Rust with the Rotel project1:00:58 - Noisy neighbors network observability1:03:04 - rising awareness of OTel semantic conventions 1:05:50 - outro Resources:Open Observability Summit + OTel Community Day: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-observability-summit-otel-community-day/eBay innovation with open source observability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ycNhzRVSbU&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7&index=35 More on eBay’s journey to planet-scale observability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsU3nRglhA&list=PLd57eY2edRXz4djMETYTm-2p8WGTdoX3D Spotify talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87koDlpKDR4&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7Kotlin SDK for OTel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5nhYvUh6w&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7More on mobile observability with OTel: https://medium.com/p/2eb847c41941 OpenTelemtry Collector vs. Fluent Bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZho5W9L_Z8&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7&index=8Telemetry Pipelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1g5ZWAc1Y&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7&index=30 OTel Collector in Rust with Rotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeQnP8Ct7qY&list=PLj6h78yzYM2NFT2PGItX2idBf7v8fHcy7&index=16 Rotel project repo: https://github.com/streamfold/rotel  Noisy neighbor detection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVqiOtXTEFA Socials:BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/openobservability.bsky.socialTwitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/OpenObserv⁠LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openobservability/YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@openobservabilitytalks⁠Dotan Horovits============Twitter: https://twitter.com/horovits LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/horovits/ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/horovits.bsky.social Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@horovitsHenrik Rexed===========LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrexed/BlueSky: @hrexed.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@isitobservable Alok Bhide=========LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albhide/

Carl Meadows, Chair of the OpenSearch Software Foundation, and Pallavi Priyadarshini, Project Release Manager, share insights on the groundbreaking OpenSearch 3.0. They discuss its leap in performance and vector database capabilities, particularly in semantic search. Key topics include OpenSearch’s new role under The Linux Foundation, community engagement initiatives, and innovative features like advanced anomaly detection and AI integration. Listeners will discover how OpenSearch continues to evolve, driven by collaboration and feedback.

In this captivating discussion, Robert Hodges, CEO of Altinity and a key contributor to ClickHouse, shares his extensive knowledge of database technology. He highlights how ClickHouse is revolutionizing the field with incredible speed and efficiency, outperforming legacy systems like MySQL. The conversation dives into the new Project Antalya, showcasing how it dramatically reduces storage costs and boosts query speeds. Robert also explores ClickHouse's adaptability in observability, integrating with tools like OpenTelemetry, and emphasizes the importance of community engagement in open-source projects.