Choose Your Own Observability Adventure Eric D. Schabell Technology Advocate Lead @ericschabell{@fosstodon.org} DevOpsDays PDX, Sep 2026 

“Platform engineering is an emerging trend in tended to modernize enterprise software delivery, parti cularly for digital transformation.” 

“Imagine a team of engineers starting a project with observability as a top priority, dedicating time, and resources to creating a comprehensive telemetry strategy from the outset.” 

“Great engineering teams will prioritize observability, just as they would prioritize testing, continuous integration, and continuous deployment, from the outset.” 

Short link: https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io 

Short link: bit.ly/prom-workshop 

Prometheus for metrics, alerting, queries 

Instrumentation (java client lib) 

Short link: bit.ly/prom-workshop 

Short link: bit.ly/workshop-opentelemetry 

OpenTelemetry (auto) instrumentation Applications (Java) OTel Auto Instrumentation (libraries) OTel API OTel SDK OTLP OTLP OTLP OTel Collector 

OpenTelemetry Collector (agent) Host Applications OTel Auto Instrumentation Observability Backend (Prometheus, Jaeger, Fluent Bit, etc.), OTel API OTel SDK OTLP OTLP OTLP OTel Collector Agent OTLP 

OpenTelemetry Collector (gateway) Host Observability Backend (Prometheus, Jaeger, Fluent Bit, etc.), Applications OTel Auto Instrumentation OTel API OTel SDK OTel Collector Gateway OTLP OTLP OTLP OTel Collector Agent OTLP 

Short link: bit.ly/otel-java-dev-workshop 

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Short link: bit.ly/fluentbit-workshop 

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Short link: bit.ly/perses-workshop 

Building beautiful dashboards and visualizations 

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