Deciding the Tools for Observability

We hope that you enjoyed reading about the drivers, users, actors, and supporters of observability. It is a stream that often gets overlooked but it is key for planning good-quality observability. The involvement of the right teams and building for the right customer can make a significant difference in the quality of the outcome.

This chapter focuses on something we have been talking about throughout this book – observability toolsets! We will provide you with the guardrails for choosing a tool in the context of your business needs and organizational culture. We will also drop in some advice on whether you should buy new tooling, build it on your own, or leverage the existing toolsets that you already have. To bring everything together from the previous chapters, we will share references for tools for specific types of monitoring. Since we will be discussing some observability case studies in the next chapter, we will also discuss the...