OpenTelemetry Integration Guides

Detailed guides for instrumenting various frameworks and libraries with OpenTelemetry. Each guide includes step-by-step instructions, code examples, and best practices for implementing observability in your applications.

Learn how to implement OpenTelemetry in Laravel applications with step-by-step setup, auto-instrumentation, and PHP observability best practices for production monitoring.
Apr 8 2026
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Rails monitoring guide using OpenTelemetry. Monitor Rails app performance, ActiveRecord queries, and server metrics with distributed tracing and APM capabilities.
Apr 8 2026
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Learn how to implement OpenTelemetry in Symfony applications with step-by-step setup, auto-instrumentation, custom spans, metrics, and production configuration for PHP observability.
Apr 8 2026
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Instrument the OpenAI Python SDK with OpenTelemetry. Auto-capture gen_ai spans, token usage, model parameters, and errors with opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai.
Apr 7 2026
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Complete guide to the OpenTelemetry Kubernetes Events Receiver. Collect and analyze K8s events — CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilling, image pull failures — with RBAC setup, filtering, and alerting examples.
Apr 5 2026
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Complete guide to the OpenTelemetry Syslog Receiver. Configure TCP/UDP collection, RFC 3164 and RFC 5424 parsing, rsyslog and syslog-ng forwarding, and Kubernetes syslog integration.
Apr 5 2026
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Learn how to monitor Docker containers with OpenTelemetry. Set up the Collector, configure Docker Stats receiver, and use Docker Compose - with examples.
Mar 30 2026
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Add OpenTelemetry instrumentation to FastAPI apps using FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(). Get automatic distributed tracing, metrics and performance monitoring.
Mar 30 2026
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OpenTelemetry Log4j appender integrates Log4j2 with OpenTelemetry, enabling automatic log correlation with traces and export to observability backends.
Mar 30 2026
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OpenTelemetry Logback integrates Logback with OpenTelemetry through log appender export and MDC context injection for trace correlation.
Mar 30 2026
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OpenTelemetry Logrus injects trace and span IDs for each logging statement, allowing you to correlate your logs with other telemetry data.
Mar 30 2026
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Monitor your MySQL database using OpenTelemetry Collector mysql receiver. Track query performance, connections, buffer pool usage, and replication lag.
Mar 30 2026
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Complete guide to otelslog - OpenTelemetry Slog bridge for Golang. Setup slog.SetDefault with OTel handler, structured logging examples, and Go logging best practices.
Mar 30 2026
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Master OpenTelemetry Spring Boot integration with step-by-step setup, manual instrumentation examples, troubleshooting, and production-ready configurations. Learn spring opentelemetry best practices.
Mar 30 2026
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Complete guide to otelzap - OpenTelemetry Zap bridge for Golang. Setup otelzap with trace context injection, structured logging examples, and Go Zap best practices.
Mar 30 2026
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OpenTelemetry Beego is an OpenTelemetry instrumentation for the Beego web framework, a popular open-source web framework for building web applications in Go.
Mar 25 2026
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Learn how to monitor Ent ORM with OpenTelemetry for database query tracing, performance insights, and distributed tracing integration.
Mar 25 2026
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OpenTelemetry otelhttp instrumentation guide for Go net/http applications. Learn HTTP server and client setup with distributed tracing and metrics collection.
Mar 25 2026
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Instrument and monitor Pyramid applications with OpenTelemetry. Setup auto-instrumentation, manual tracing, SQLAlchemy integration, and production deployment for Python web apps.
Mar 2 2026
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Instrument and monitor Slim PHP applications with OpenTelemetry. Setup auto-instrumentation, manual tracing, database monitoring, and Docker deployment for PHP microservices.
Mar 2 2026
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Monitor Apache Tomcat with OpenTelemetry Java Agent. Step-by-step setup for automatic tracing, JVM metrics, servlet instrumentation, and production deployment.
Mar 2 2026
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Learn how to instrument Node.js AWS Lambda functions with OpenTelemetry to gain visibility into serverless applications, track cold starts, and trace downstream dependencies.
Feb 26 2026
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Monitor your PostgreSQL database using OpenTelemetry Collector postgres receiver. Track connections, query performance, replication, and table bloat.
Feb 26 2026
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Instrument the Echo web framework with otelecho middleware, export telemetry to Uptrace, and analyze traces plus metrics.
Feb 20 2026
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Instrument and monitor Falcon applications with OpenTelemetry. Setup FalconInstrumentor for automatic tracing, performance monitoring, and error tracking.
Feb 20 2026
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OpenTelemetry helps Go-Zero developers instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data from their applications.
Feb 20 2026
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Learn how to instrument GORM with OpenTelemetry for database query tracing, performance monitoring, and distributed tracing integration in Go applications.
Feb 14 2026
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Learn how to monitor HTTP endpoints with the OpenTelemetry Collector HTTPcheck receiver for uptime checks, response validation, and TLS certificate monitoring.
Feb 14 2026
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Learn how to instrument Phoenix Framework with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, LiveView monitoring, and Ecto query tracing.
Feb 14 2026
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Instrument Go database/sql with OpenTelemetry otelsql. Trace queries, monitor connection pool metrics, and detect performance issues in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite applications.
Feb 7 2026
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Full guide to using the OpenTelemetry Filelog Receiver for reliable log collection. Covers parsing, multiline handling, Kubernetes setup, and production optimization.
Feb 7 2026
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Monitor your RabbitMQ cluster performance for free using Uptrace and OpenTelemetry Collector receiver. Track messages, queues, and broker health.
Feb 7 2026
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Complete guide to monitoring Celery applications with OpenTelemetry. Learn task tracing, worker instrumentation, and Uptrace integration for distributed task queues.
Feb 4 2026
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Learn how to monitor Gorilla Mux with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, request metrics, and performance insights.
Feb 4 2026
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Use OpenTelemetry instrumentation to monitor and optimize Express.js performance.
Jan 28 2026
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OpenTelemetry Gin instrumentation allows to monitor performance of your Golang applications.
Jan 28 2026
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Learn how to instrument Sinatra applications with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, request monitoring, and performance insights.
Jan 26 2026
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Learn how to instrument SQLAlchemy with OpenTelemetry to monitor database operations, track query performance, and debug slow queries in Python applications.
Jan 26 2026
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Learn how to instrument Go AWS Lambda functions with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, metrics, and observability in serverless applications.
Jan 12 2026
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Instrument Next.js applications with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, metrics, and logs. Complete setup for App Router and Pages Router with automatic and manual instrumentation examples.
Jan 9 2026
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Instrument and monitor Django applications with OpenTelemetry. Setup DjangoInstrumentor, auto/manual tracing, metrics collection, database monitoring, async tasks, and Docker deployment.
Dec 29 2025
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Instrument NGINX with OpenTelemetry using ngx_otel_module. Auto-trace HTTP requests, propagate context, configure sampling, and export to OTLP collectors with 10-15% overhead.
Dec 29 2025
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Instrument Quarkus apps with OpenTelemetry extension. Auto-trace REST/gRPC/messaging, collect metrics, correlate logs, and compile to GraalVM native image with full observability support.
Dec 29 2025
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Instrument and monitor Flask applications with OpenTelemetry. Setup FlaskInstrumentor for automatic tracing, SQLAlchemy integration, performance monitoring, and error tracking.
Dec 3 2025
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Complete guide to OpenTelemetry gRPC instrumentation for Go. Automatic tracing, metrics collection, and monitoring with StatsHandler. Includes setup examples and troubleshooting.
Dec 1 2025
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Monitor PHP-FPM performance with OpenTelemetry Collector and php-fpm_exporter. Collect process pool metrics, set up alerting on worker exhaustion, and visualize PHP-FPM health in Uptrace.
Nov 19 2025
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Monitor Apache Kafka performance using OpenTelemetry Collector kafkametrics receiver. Track broker metrics, consumer lag, and partition health with real-time observability.
Nov 18 2025
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Complete Redis OpenTelemetry monitoring setup with Collector receiver. Configure Redis Otel metrics collection and visualize performance data with Uptrace.
Sep 1 2025
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