Why do we need observability?

Observability, or the capacity to comprehend what is happening within a system, is very helpful for an organization. A lot of discussion around observability is that the site reliability engineering (SRE) team takes care of it, but it helps in understanding the systems and applications and provides a context around the modern applications that we have. It provides information about what needs to be tested and why that needs to be tested. This, in turn, helps in improving the system’s performance and quality and bringing the teams together.

A lot of times, when an issue arises, it is very difficult to figure out where things went south with traditional methods. We keep looking at logs with no real results and hit a dead end. Production issues are very common. Observability gives meaningful insights by separating the different aspects of logs and providing meaningful insights.

Observability is not new and is an integral part of the ecosystem...