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March 17, 2022
Introduction To Observability
Maybe you’ve heard of observability, and want to know what the big deal is. Maybe you have access to Honeycomb now, but don’t know what to do with it. This course will give you the why and then the how.
Training Video
Intro to o11y Topic 1: What Is Observability?
In this video, Jessica clears up some important terminology on observability.
Intro to o11y Topic 2: Get Your Honeycomb Team
The first step to observability is to copy an application and link it to your Honeycomb account. To link them, we’ll need an API key from Honeycomb. Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr walks you through that process here.
Intro to o11y Topic 3: Get Your Own Sample App
The Intro to o11y video tutorial series will use a sample app called Sequence of Numbers to demonstrate Honeycomb’s functionality. In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr covers how to get that app up and running yourself.
Intro to o11y Topic 4: Connect Your App to Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to connect your app to Honeycomb using an API key.
Intro to o11y Topic 5: Dataset Troubleshooting
If you don’t see your dataset in Honeycomb once you’ve connected your app, it’s time to troubleshoot. In the two videos in this topic, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr will go over some common dataset issues you may encounter. Choose the video that matches what you see.
Intro to o11y Topic 6: Looking at Your First Data in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to start looking at your first data in Honeycomb. From the home screen, we can see high-level monitoring graphs, check on the raw data coming in, and find some traces.
Intro to o11y Topic 7: Interpreting Honeycomb’s Trace View
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to interpret the data in Honeycomb’s powerful trace view.
Intro to o11y Topic 8: Using Heatmaps of Duration in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to use the heatmap of duration, or latency graph, in Honeycomb. What is a heatmap? How is it constructed? How do we read it?
Intro to o11y Topic 9: Filtering for Root Spans in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explores an important subtlety of Honeycomb queries: filtering for root spans. The latency heatmap shows the filter of every request, not every event sent to Honeycomb.
Intro to o11y Topic 10: Using BubbleUp to Find Distinguishing Factors in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr demonstrates how to use the BubbleUp tab to ask “what is different about the slow traces?”
Intro to o11y Topic 11: Using “Group By” with a Heatmap
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to use the “group by” field in a heatmap to further refine your data.
Intro to o11y Topic 12: Customizing the Telemetry in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr explains how to add custom telemetry to Honeycomb. Jessica will cover how to find the code to change, how to add an attribute to a span, and how to name the attribute.
Intro to o11y Topic 13: Refining a Trace in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jess manipulates the trace view to get a better idea of what’s happening in the data. Sometimes a trace says a LOT- we want it to say just enough.
Intro to o11y Topic 14: Querying Spans within a Single Trace in Honeycomb
In this video, Developer Advocate Jessica Kerr demonstrates how to use the query editor to do analysis on the spans in a single trace in Honeycomb.
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