Distributed Tracing and Service Mesh Observability

Distributed Tracing and Service Mesh Observability

This course is part of Cloud Security, Resilience & Distributed Systems Specialization

Instructor: TSV Learning

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3 modules

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6 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Analyze distributed tracing, service mesh traffic interception, and B3 context propagation to identify request flows and performance issues.
Evaluate WebAssembly telemetry extensions and OpenTelemetry Collector to analyze trace waterfalls, latency bottlenecks, and tracing overhead.
Assess GraphQL tracing, trace-driven autoscaling, and API gateway integration to improve service mesh observability and resource allocation.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Build a deeper understanding of distributed tracing and service mesh observability to improve microservices performance, request visibility, and reliability across cloud-native applications.

Designed for DevOps engineers, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), cloud professionals, and software developers, this course explores service mesh architecture, proxy-based observability, traffic interception, and B3 trace context propagation. You'll examine how WebAssembly telemetry extensions and OpenTelemetry Collector support scalable telemetry processing. Learn to interpret trace waterfalls, identify latency bottlenecks, evaluate tracing overhead, and analyze performance optimization strategies. Explore advanced distributed tracing for GraphQL applications, trace-driven autoscaling, and service mesh integration with API gateways. Evaluate how tracing insights support resource allocation, end-to-end visibility, and enterprise observability. By the end of the course, you'll be able to analyze distributed traces, identify performance bottlenecks, evaluate telemetry architectures, and recommend improvements to service mesh observability. What makes this course distinctive is its integrated approach to tracing fundamentals, scalable telemetry, performance analysis, and enterprise service mesh operations, helping you make informed observability decisions.

Explore the foundations of service mesh architecture and distributed tracing for microservices observability. Examine proxy-based application tracing, service mesh traffic interception, and B3 trace context propagation to understand how requests are tracked across distributed services.

What's included

4 videos3 assignments

4 videosTotal 31 minutes

Distributed Tracing with Service Mesh9 minutes
Proxy-Based Application Tracing7 minutes
Service Mesh Traffic Interception8 minutes
B3 Trace Context Propagation8 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Foundations of Service Mesh and Distributed Tracing30 minutes
Understanding Distributed Tracing and Proxy-Based Observability10 minutes
Mastering Traffic Interception and Trace Context Propagation10 minutes

Examine scalable telemetry architectures using WebAssembly and OpenTelemetry Collector. Analyze tracing performance, interpret trace waterfalls, and evaluate best practices for reducing telemetry overhead, identifying latency bottlenecks, and improving service mesh observability.

What's included

5 videos3 assignments

5 videosTotal 40 minutes

WebAssembly for Service Mesh Telemetry4 minutes
OpenTelemetry Collector Architecture8 minutes
Service Mesh Tracing Performance9 minutes
Trace Waterfall Analysis9 minutes
Service Mesh Tracing Best Practices10 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Advanced Service Mesh Telemetry and Trace Analysis30 minutes
Building Scalable Telemetry with WebAssembly and OpenTelemetry10 minutes
Optimizing Tracing Performance and Analyzing Trace Data10 minutes

Explore advanced distributed tracing for GraphQL applications, trace-driven autoscaling, and enterprise service mesh integration. Evaluate how tracing insights support resource scaling, API gateway coordination, and effective distributed tracing implementations.

What's included

4 videos3 assignments

4 videosTotal 28 minutes

GraphQL Distributed Tracing8 minutes
Trace-Driven Autoscaling4 minutes
Service Mesh and API Gateway Integration10 minutes
Service Mesh Tracing Implementations6 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 50 minutes

Intelligent Tracing and Enterprise Service Mesh Integration30 minutes
Advanced Distributed Tracing and Trace-Driven Autoscaling10 minutes
Integrating Service Mesh with API Gateways and Tracing Solutions10 minutes

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