Application-level metrics, distributed tracing, and health checks

Effective monitoring and observability in microservices involve gathering and analyzing various types of data. Application-level metrics, distributed tracing, and health checks play crucial roles in understanding the performance, dependencies, and overall health of microservices.

Application-level metrics

Application-level metrics are very important to profile logs better. Application-level metrics are indicators that measure and monitor the performance, behavior, and quality of software applications. Application-level metrics can include aspects such as availability, response time, throughput, error rate, user satisfaction, resource utilization, and more. Application-level metrics can help developers, managers, and stakeholders understand how the application is functioning, identify and troubleshoot issues, optimize and improve the application, and ensure a good user experience.

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