OpenTelemetry Protocol Comes to Google Cloud Observability
12 hours ago
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- Google Cloud Observability now supports OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) for trace data via telemetry.googleapis.com.
- Benefits of using OTLP include vendor-agnostic pipelines, strong data integrity, interoperability, and reduced client-side complexity.
- Cloud Trace's Trace explorer leverages OpenTelemetry conventions for filtering and finding traces.
- New storage system in Cloud Trace supports higher limits for attribute sizes, span details, and event/link counts.
- Google Cloud's vision includes expanding OTLP support across all telemetry types (traces, metrics, logs) for a unified observability experience.
- Users are encouraged to migrate to telemetry.googleapis.com for enhanced capabilities and improved user experience.