Kubernetes Articles
Native OTel-based K8s & App Observability in 3 Steps with Elastic
Elastic's Distributions of OpenTelemetry are now supported with the OTel Operator, providing auto instrumentation of applications with EDOT SDKs, and deployment and lifecycle management of the EDOT OTel Collector for Kubernetes Observability. Learn how to configure this in 3 easy steps
Unlock possibilities with native OpenTelemetry: prioritize reliability, not proprietary limitations
Elastic now supports Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) deployment and management on Kubernetes, using OTel Operator. SREs can now access out-of the-box configurations and dashboards designed to streamline collector deployment, application auto-instrumentation and lifecycle management with Elastic Observability.
Bringing Your Cloud-Managed Kubernetes Audit Logs into Elasticsearch
How to bring your Cloud-Managed Kubernetes Audit Logs into Elasticsearch
Using a custom agent with the OpenTelemetry Operator for Kubernetes
Zero config OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation for Kubernetes Java applications
Walking through how to install and enable the OpenTelemetry Operator for Kubernetes to auto-instrument Java applications, with no configuration changes needed for deployments
Build better Service Level Objectives (SLOs) from logs and metrics
To help manage operations and business metrics, Elastic Observability's SLO (Service Level Objectives) feature was introduced in 8.12. This blog reviews this feature and how you can use it with Elastic's AI Assistant to meet SLOs.
How to easily add application monitoring in Kubernetes pods
This blog walks through installing the Elastic APM K8s Attacher and shows how to configure your system for both common and non-standard deployments of Elastic APM agents.
Collecting OpenShift container logs using Red Hat’s OpenShift Logging Operator
Learn how to optimize OpenShift logs collected with Red Hat OpenShift Logging Operator, as well as format and route them efficiently in Elasticsearch.
Enhancing SRE troubleshooting with the AI Assistant for Observability and your organization's runbooks
Empower your SRE team with this guide to enriching Elastic's AI Assistant Knowledge Base with your organization's internal observability information for enhanced alert remediation and incident management.
Optimizing Observability with ES|QL: Streamlining SRE operations and issue resolution for Kubernetes and OTel
ES|QL enhances operational efficiency, data analysis, and issue resolution for SREs. This blog covers the advantages of ES|QL in Elastic Observability and how it can apply to managing issues instrumented with OpenTelemetry and running on Kubernetes.
Ingesting and analyzing Prometheus metrics with Elastic Observability
In this blog post, we will showcase the integration of Prometheus with Elastic, emphasizing how Elastic elevates metrics monitoring through extensive historical analytics, anomaly detection, and forecasting, all in a cost-effective manner.
Native OpenTelemetry support in Elastic Observability
Elastic offers native support for OpenTelemetry by allowing for direct ingest of OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs without conversion, and applying any Elastic feature against OTel data without degradation in capabilities.