Welcome to the OpenTelemetry tracing guide for Python developers! 🚀

What is OpenTelemetry Tracing?

OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework that helps you monitor and troubleshoot distributed systems. With tracing, you can track the flow of requests across microservices and understand performance bottlenecks.

For a deeper dive into installation, check our official documentation to get started. 📚

Getting Started with Tracing

  1. Install the SDK
    Use pip to install the OpenTelemetry Python SDK: 

    pip install opentelemetry-instrumentation

  2. Configure Tracing
    Set up your tracer provider and start tracing: 

    from opentelemetry import trace
trace.set_tracer_provider(...)
tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)

  3. Instrument Your Code
    Add spans to track operations: 

    with tracer.start_as_current_span("example_span"):
    # your code here

Key Features

  • Automatic Instrumentation 🧠
    Easily trace HTTP requests, databases, and more with auto-instrumentation.
  • Custom Spans 📌
    Create manual spans for specific operations or logic blocks.
  • Export to Backends 🔄
    Send traces to platforms like Jaeger, Prometheus, or Zipkin.

For a visual overview of tracing concepts, see the OpenTelemetry Tracing Architecture guide. 📊

Need Help?

If you're stuck, our community forums are a great place to ask questions and share experiences. 👥

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