Training · OpenTelemetry

Train your teams on OpenTelemetry and the OTCA certification

Tailor-made training, remote or on-site, for 1 to 15 people. From getting started to building your own components, all the way to preparing for the CNCF's OTCA certification.

  • Remote or on-site
  • 1 to 15 people
  • OTCA prep · CNCF
Format

Training that adapts to your team

Wherever you are, whatever your level: the format adjusts to your constraints and your goals.

Remote

Over video call with interactive hands-on labs, anywhere in France and worldwide.

On-site

At your offices, with a ready-made environment and exercises built on your own use cases.

1 to 15 people

From one-on-one coaching to a full team, in intensive or spread-out sessions.

Tailor-made

A program calibrated to your level, your stack and the tools already in place.

Program

From basic usage to building components

Four progressive modules to become self-sufficient with OpenTelemetry and pass the certification.

01
Module 1

Discovery & basic usage

  • Observability concepts: traces, metrics and logs
  • The OpenTelemetry data model: signals, context and resources
  • Auto-instrumenting a first application
  • Reading and exploring distributed traces
02
Module 2

Building components

  • Manual instrumentation with the SDKs: spans, attributes, events
  • Context propagation and baggage across services
  • Custom processors, samplers and exporters
  • Advanced Collector configuration: receivers, processors, exporters
03
Module 3

Wiring up market tools

  • Exporting to Datadog, Grafana, Tempo, Prometheus and Jaeger
  • Collector pipelines to several backends in parallel
  • Correlating traces / metrics / logs in your dashboards
  • Sampling strategies and cost control
04
Module 4

OTCA certification prep

  • The official OpenTelemetry Certified Associate curriculum
  • Architecture and components: API, SDK and Collector
  • Sample questions and reviewed mock exams
  • Methodology and tips to succeed on exam day
Certification

OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)

OTCA is the CNCF certification that validates a solid grasp of OpenTelemetry fundamentals. The training prepares you step by step to take the exam with confidence.

  • CNCF certification Official, vendor-neutral recognition backed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
  • Associate level Validates your understanding of the concepts, the API, the SDK and the OpenTelemetry Collector.
  • Online exam Remotely proctored multiple-choice exam taken from home — the training covers the full scope.
  • Self-sufficient team Beyond the exam, your teams leave able to instrument and operate their own telemetry.

Ready to train your team?

Let's talk about your goals, your level and the ideal format. I'll put together a tailored program within 48 hours.

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