Building Prometheus Metrics Support in OpenTelemetry
Explore the development of Prometheus metrics support in OpenTelemetry through this 22-minute conference talk by Alolita Sharma from Amazon. Dive into the design and implementation of a complete metrics pipeline with full Prometheus interoperability. Learn about the OpenTelemetry architecture, data model challenges, and enhancements to the Collector and OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP). Discover the progress made in building a stable metrics pipeline, including support for both delta and cumulative metrics. Gain insights into the Prometheus remote-write push pipeline and improvements to the Prometheus receiver and remote-write exporter. Understand how these advancements contribute to the cloud-native observability framework's ability to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data for monitoring application and infrastructure behavior.