Manuals / Observability Basics / Ch 1

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1. How to use this path

Observability Basics · 36 pages source format

Observability is about asking new questions of a system. You’ll need access to at least one telemetry stack (Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, Honeycomb, etc.) or a demo.

What you'll learn

  • Three pillars
  • Access
  • Safety

Get eyes on a system

Do this now

Confirm you can open logs + one dashboard for a service you know. Note the tool names.

Pro tip. Read-only access is enough for this path.

Clear?

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