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Getting started with OpenTelemetry
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The OpenTelemetry integration is currently in beta and available for free on all plans.
Need help getting started? We offer a free, 1:1 valet onboarding service to help you instrument your stack with the
correct OpenTelemetry SDKs and enable tracing inside Checkly.
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The Checkly OpenTelemetry (OTel) integration allows you to correlate synthetic monitoring checks with traces from your backend services. This integration is especially useful for two types of users:
- Resolve issues quicker: Resolve failing synthetic checks much quicker by correlating failing checks with backend & infrastructure traces. No more flipping between various 3rd party observability (o11y) systems.
- Increase signal vs. noise: Cut through the sea of o11y and focus on the data that correlates to critical and known business processes as exercised by synthetic monitoring checks.
- Save money: Send traces directly to Checkly, without signing up for another product or hosting an OTel solution yourself.
To get started with the Checkly OpenTelemetry integration, pick a scenario that best fits your needs.
I don't have an OpenTelemetry setup
Instrument your app and send traces directly to Checkly. No need for a 3rd party OTel backend.
I have an OpenTelemetry setup
Send traces to your 3rd party OTel backend and ingest them into Checkly too.
If you want to learn more about how this all works, check out the How it works under the hood section.
Last updated on June 7, 2024. You can contribute to this documentation by editing this page on Github