Observability, Distributed Tracing & the Complex World • Dave McAllister • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Chicago 2019. #gotocon #gotochgo http://gotochgo.com Dave McAllister - Strategic Technologist at Scalyr ABSTRACT In a world of increasingly complex architectures and environments, the concept of observability has emerged to provide tools to watch over the apps and architectures. With new focus on monitoring and alerts, tools are presenting levels of information that are useful in the world of orchestration and Kubernetes, microservices and hybrid clouds. But to quote Sherlock Holmes, “You see, but you do not observe” (A Scandal in Bohemia). Single tools may not show you the whole truth. Come join in for an introduction to the concepts driving observability, with a dive into the deep end of the pool in distributed tracing. We’ll cover how all the pieces, from alerts to code [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotochgo.com/2019/sessions/871 RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices • https://amzn.to/2Nml96E Sam Newman • Building Microservices • https://amzn.to/3dMPbOs Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running• https://amzn.to/3c4HmmL Mitra, Nadareishvili, McLarty & Amundsen • Microservice Architecture • https://amzn.to/3fVNAb0 Chris Richardson • Microservices Patterns • https://amzn.to/2SOnQ7h Adam Bellemare • Building Event-Driven Microservices • https://amzn.to/3yoa7TZ Dave Farley • Continuous Delivery Pipelines • https://amzn.to/3hjiE51 Rishu Mehra • What is Data Observability • https://amzn.to/3zdkxFK Gerardus Blokdyk • Observability Services A Complete Guide • https://amzn.to/3zgA73A https://twitter.com/gotochgo https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConference https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- http://gotocon.com #microservices #k8s #observability #DistributedSystems #DistributedTracing Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO Conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1