OpenTelemetry for IoT Metrics

Observability is vital for remotely operated embedded devices, and we at balena always are on the lookout for better solutions. OpenTelemetry (OTel) is a CNCF project to provide vendor neutral reporting for metrics, logs, and traces. This post describes our encouraging exploration of OTel with Prometheus metrics and Grafana Cloud, like the overview below of a balena device. We also created a…