Elevating System Reliability through Observability in Cloud Native Applications

Abstract

The surge in cloud native technology adoption has fundamentally changed application development,
deployment, and management, highlighting the need for scalability, resilience, and agility. In this environment,
traditional monitoring is insufficient for ensuring the health and performance of cloud native applications,
characterized by their distributed nature and dynamic operation. This whitepaper focuses on the pivotal role of
observability in understanding and managing these complex systems. Dissecting observability's key
components—logs, metrics, and traces—provides a detailed overview of how development and operations
teams can gain real-time insights into system health, facilitating quick debugging and system optimization. This
paper aims to provide organizations with the knowledge to build a comprehensive observability framework
tailored to the unique demands of cloud native ecosystems.