Metrics in .NET has never been easier - OpenTelemetry

Metrics are often handled via one of many protocols. The new contender to this is OpenTelemetry - a system for sending your logs, traces and metrics. This OpenTelemetry tutorial will guide you through how to setup a .NET Application to export your .NET metrics and do basic processing. You’re going to learn the following:

  • How to edit and drop metrics
  • How to setup application metrics with OpenTelemetry using the console exporter
  • How to add external instrumentation like runtime metrics