Quotidien Shaarli
October 30, 2019
A great looking and easy-to-use photo-management-system.
Pillars of Observability
The concept of Observability is built on collecting every possible snapshot of the application. These snapshots can then be used to develop intelligent analytics upon the data collected, which can further be used to provide alerts and probably self-healing triggers into the system. Final outcome of Observability stack are visualizations of these snapshots, analytics and alerts which could be useful to the engineering team. Observability is a process which is more than just tooling. It is a culture which when adopted makes the system context aware.
Chapter 4. The Three Pillars of Observability
Logs, metrics, and traces are often known as the three pillars of observability. While plainly having access to logs, metrics, and traces doesn’t necessarily make systems more observable, these are powerful tools that, if understood well, can unlock the ability to build better systems.