Monitor OTel-instrumented apps with support for W3C Trace Context
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Monitor OTel-instrumented apps with support for W3C Trace Context


Summary

This article details how to leverage Datadog's APM capabilities to visualize and analyze runtime metrics collected from applications instrumented with OpenTelemetry (OTel). It explains how to automatically ingest OTel data into Datadog, providing insights into performance bottlenecks and application health without requiring code changes beyond OTel instrumentation. Ultimately, it showcases a streamlined workflow for observability using the power of both OTel and Datadog.
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