Getting Started with OpenTelemetry in ASP.NET Core

Learn how to add distributed tracing to your ASP.NET Core applications using OpenTelemetry and Jaeger. In this beginner-friendly tutorial, you'll discover how modern cloud-native applications monitor requests across APIs, databases, and external services. We'll build an ASP.NET Core Web API, configure OpenTelemetry, trace incoming and outgoing HTTP requests, monitor SQL queries, and visualize everything using Jaeger. -------------------------------------------------------------- 💡 What You’ll Learn -------------------------------------------------------------- ✔️ What is Distributed Tracing ✔️ OpenTelemetry Fundamentals ✔️ Difference between Traces vs Spans ✔️ ASP.NET Core OpenTelemetry Setup ✔️ HTTP Request Tracing ✔️ HttpClient Instrumentation ✔️ SQL Database Tracing ✔️ Jaeger Integration ✔️ Observability Best Practices Observability is one of the most valuable skills in modern software architecture. Start implementing OpenTelemetry today and gain deep visibility into your applications. Happy coding! -------------------------------------------------------------- 🏷 Tags -------------------------------------------------------------- #dotnet #aspnetcore #opentelemetry #jaeger #tracing #observability #distributedtracing #webapi #monitoring #debugging #backenddevelopment #csharp #programming -------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Follow Us -------------------------------------------------------------- 📰 Blog → https://www.ezzylearning.net 🌐 YouTube →    / @ezzylearningofficial   🌐 TikTok →   / ezzylearning   🌐 Github → https://github.com/ezzylearning 🌐 LinkedIn →   / ezzylearning   🌐 Twitter →   / ezzylearning   🌐 Facebook →   / ezzylearning   🌐 Instagram →   / ezzylearning   🌐 Pinterest →   / ezzylearning   -------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱ Chapters -------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱ 00:30: Introduction ⏱ 01:19: The Problem Statement ⏱ 01:49: What is Tracing? ⏱ 02:24: What is Distributed Tracing? ⏱ 04:04: Benefits of Distributed Tracing ⏱ 05:39: What is OpenTelemetry? ⏱ 06:05: Benefits of OpenTelemetry ⏱ 06:55: Key Components of OpenTelemetry ⏱ 08:27: What is OpenTelemetry Collector? ⏱ 09:23: Installing Nuget Packages ⏱ 10:43: Configuring OpenTelemetry ⏱ 11:56: Trace Incoming HTTP Requests ⏱ 13:03: Trace Outgoing HTTP Requests ⏱ 14:53: Trace SQL Statements ⏱ 16:02: Monitoring Traces using Jaeger ⏱ 18:17: Final Thoughts