Alibaba Cloud Native

Apr 13, 2022 · Cloud Native

From Dapper to OpenTelemetry: A Practical Guide to Distributed Tracing and Observability

This article explains the challenges of long request chains in micro‑service architectures, reviews Google’s Dapper tracing requirements, introduces OpenTracing and OpenCensus standards, compares their strengths, and details how OpenTelemetry unifies tracing, metrics and logs with practical integration steps and best‑practice guidance.