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Getting more from your logs with OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetryLog Analytics

Getting more from your logs with OpenTelemetry

Learn how to evolve beyond basic log ingest by leveraging OpenTelemetry for ingestion, structured logging, geographic enrichment, and ES|QL analytics. Transform raw log data into actionable intelligence with practical examples and proactive observability strategies.

David Hope

From Uptime to Synthetics in Elastic: Your migration Playbook
Synthetics

From Uptime to Synthetics in Elastic: Your migration Playbook

Effortlessly migrate your existing Uptime TCP, ICMP, and HTTP monitors to Elastic Synthetics with this comprehensive guide, leveraging Private Locations and Synthetics Projects for efficient, future-proof monitoring.

Carles Salvador

Traces in Discover for Deeper Application Insights in Elastic Observability
APMOpenTelemetry

Traces in Discover for Deeper Application Insights in Elastic Observability

Elastic brings traces into Discover. See how you can apply the capabilities of ad-hoc data exploration and ES|QL to your tracing data.

Alex Fedotyev

Smarter Alerting Arrives with Faster Triage, Clearer Groupings, and Actionable Guidance
Log Analytics

Smarter Alerting Arrives with Faster Triage, Clearer Groupings, and Actionable Guidance

Exploring the latest enhancements in Elastic Stack alerting, including improved related alert grouping, linking dashboards to alert rules, and embedding investigation guides into alerts.

Drew Post

The observability gap: Why your monitoring strategy isn't ready for what's coming next
Log Analytics

The observability gap: Why your monitoring strategy isn't ready for what's coming next

The increasing complexity of distributed applications and the observability data they generate creates challenges for SREs and IT Operations teams. Take a look at how you can close this observability gap with OpenTelemetry and the right strategy.

David Hope

Elastic’s Managed OTLP Endpoint: Simpler, Scalable OpenTelemetry for SREs
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Elastic’s Managed OTLP Endpoint: Simpler, Scalable OpenTelemetry for SREs

Streamline OpenTelemetry data ingestion with Elastic Observability's new managed OTLP endpoint available on Elastic Cloud Serverless. Get native OTel storage and Elastic-grade scaling for logs, metrics, and traces, simplifying observability for SREs.

Miguel Luna

Bahubali Shetti

Serverless log analytics powered by Elasticsearch, in a new low priced tier
Log Analytics

Serverless log analytics powered by Elasticsearch, in a new low priced tier

Elastic Observability Logs Essentials delivers cost-effective, hassle-free log analytics on Elastic Cloud Serverless. SREs can ingest, search, enrich, analyze, store, and act on logs without the operational overhead of managing the deployment.

Chris DiStasio

Bahubali Shetti

Web Frontend Instrumentation and Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and Elastic
OpenTelemetryInstrumentation

Web Frontend Instrumentation and Monitoring with OpenTelemetry and Elastic

Learn how frontend instrumentation differs to backend, and the current state of client web instrumentation in OpenTelemetry

Carly Richmond

LLM Observability with Elastic’s Azure AI Foundry Integration
AzureGenAILLM Observability

LLM Observability with Elastic’s Azure AI Foundry Integration

Gain comprehensive visibility into your generative AI workloads on Azure AI Foundry. Monitor token usage, latency, and cost, while leveraging built-in content filters to ensure safe and compliant application behavior—all with out-of-the-box observability powered by Elastic.

Bahubali Shetti

Muthukumar Paramasivam

Daniela Tzvetkova

Elastic MongoDB Atlas Integration: Complete Database Monitoring and Observability
Metrics

Elastic MongoDB Atlas Integration: Complete Database Monitoring and Observability

Comprehensive MongoDB Atlas monitoring with Elastic's integration - track performance, security, and operations through real-time alerts, audit logs, and actionable insights.

Ishleen Kaur

Monitoring Proxmox VE deployments with Elastic Observability
Elastic AgentUniversal Profiling

Monitoring Proxmox VE deployments with Elastic Observability

Monitoring Proxmox VE deployments, VMs, and Linux Containers with Elastic Observability.

Lorenzo Soligo

The next evolution of observability: unifying data with OpenTelemetry and generative AI
OpenTelemetryAI Assistant

The next evolution of observability: unifying data with OpenTelemetry and generative AI

Generative AI and machine learning are revolutionizing observability, but siloed data hinders their true potential. This article explores how to break down data silos by unifying logs, metrics, and traces with OpenTelemetry, unlocking the full power of GenAI for natural language investigations, automated root cause analysis, and proactive issue resolution.

David Hope