OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (Grafana ❤️‍🔥 OTel Community Call #9)

We’re back with the new Grafana ❤️‍🔥OpenTelemetry Community Call!

In this episode of the Grafana OTel Community Call, we're exploring OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI). OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) offers a powerful way to instrument applications at the system kernel level, capturing essential “RED metrics” — request rate, error rate, and duration — and network flows without requiring code changes, rebuilds, or redeployments.

We will cover the project's architecture, discuss its origins as Grafana Beyla, and look ahead to the roadmap for language and runtime coverage.

Guests:

• Mario Macías
• Nikola Grcevski

Hosts:

• Imma Valls

This event will be livestreamed on YouTube and published on the same link after the fact: https://www.youtube.com/live/VEFn_ljZhCw?si=UU1x7yA46C_kZuRL

Join the conversation, bring your questions, and learn how this project is evolving with contributions from across the community.