Competencies: Observability & Monitoring
Observability & Monitoring
Overview
Observability encompasses the practices and tools for understanding the internal state of systems through their external outputs. This domain covers the three pillars of observability — metrics, logs, and traces — plus network-specific monitoring.
Industry Frameworks
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Google SRE books — monitoring and alerting philosophy
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OpenTelemetry project — vendor-neutral observability
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Prometheus/Grafana ecosystem — open-source metrics and visualization
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SNMP/NetFlow standards — network monitoring protocols
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