Debugging in Production via OpenTelemetry

In modern microservices, the boundary between development and production is increasingly blurred. As systems become complex, traditional debugging methods often fall short, necessitating a new approach to observability and telemetry. Is "debugging in production" a reckless gamble or a necessary practice in today's fast-paced environments?

Join us as we explore this question by diving deep into OpenTelemetry and the art of collecting, visualizing, and analyzing telemetry data from a microservice architecture. We'll demonstrate how to set up observability for microservices written in some of the most common programming languages, each handling critical functions for an online shop. In this presentation, we'll be going through:

• Different ways of instrumenting your services in different deployment environments, like AWS Lambda and AWS EKS
• Seamlessly integrate various observability tools and visualize key metrics
• Navigate the challenges of maintaining system reliability, diagnosing performance issues, and gaining real-time insights into your production environment.
• Some of the key benefits it provides when combined with CD pipelines

Whether you are a seasoned cloud engineer or a newcomer to observability practices, this session will provide valuable insights and practical knowledge to help you better understand and manage your distributed systems. Are you ready to embrace the new reality of debugging in production?

Agenda
18:00 - Introduction: AWS User Groups - The Community
Speakers:
Thanasis Daglis | Co-organizer of AWS User Group Athens, Founding Engineer at Intryc
Konstantinos Siaterlis | AWS Hero, Co-Organizer of AWS User Group Athens

Short description:
Thanasis and Konstantinos will share their experience leading the AWS User Group in Athens. Join us to learn what a User Group is, what to expect, and how you can join the community!

18:40 - Main Dish: Debugging in Production: A gimmick or the new reality?
Pavlos Karakalidis | DevOps Engineer at NET2GRID

20:00 - Networking and 🍕

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in person!