The LGTM Stack and OpenTelemetry: Complete Observability for Your Distributed Systems

We have explored the principles of observability and the fundamental role of OpenTelemetry as a unifying standard for telemetry. OpenTelemetry provides us with the tools to generate and collect high-quality data (metrics, logs and traces) in an agnostic and consistent format. But once these valuable signals have been collected, where are they stored, queried and, most importantly, displayed in a meaningful way? This is where the LGTM stack comes into play, a powerful combination of open source tools that form a complete and integrated observability solution, developed and primarily supported by Grafana Labs.