Implementing distributed tracing in GitOps with Linkerd

In the complex ecosystem of cloud-native applications, understanding the intricate web of service interactions is crucial for diagnosing issues, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability. Distributed tracing emerges as a vital tool in this context, offering visibility into the flow of requests across microservices.

Important note – tracing OpenTelemetry versus Linkerd

While OpenTelemetry was mentioned previously for distributed tracing, it is important to explain the difference between OpenTelemetry and Linkerd and their preferred use cases. OpenTelemetry is a collection of tools, APIs, and SDKs used to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) to help understand software performance and behavior.

Linkerd is preferred when you need a robust service mesh to manage and observe service-to-service communication within a Kubernetes environment, particularly when you...