We use Lightstep/ServiceNow to monitor the traces in our distributed applications and microservices. Our services were instrumented using open telemetry and then we sent the data to the configured microsatellites. We also use this tool to send alerts to our slack channels when something is not right according to our expected SLAs. This solution is used primarily for those who are working on call in our teams and need to investigate performance problems and deviations in our production environment.
Senior Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
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2023-08-30T12:08:02Z
Aug 30, 2023
In use cases, we have tons of microservices. So, we need observability. We heavily rely on LightStep streams for monitoring as well as alerting purposes. For example, suppose we don't expect traffic in a certain period. If we are getting more traffic, we get alerted. Basically, it is for monitoring our microservices and creating some alerts out of those so that if something goes wrong, we get alerted. We are also helpful in case of any errors because there is an option called streams, which can create it, and we can go through the streams to see what calls were made in that single request. Where was the error? What was the error? That's helpful.
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We use the product for traceability.
We use Lightstep/ServiceNow to monitor the traces in our distributed applications and microservices. Our services were instrumented using open telemetry and then we sent the data to the configured microsatellites. We also use this tool to send alerts to our slack channels when something is not right according to our expected SLAs. This solution is used primarily for those who are working on call in our teams and need to investigate performance problems and deviations in our production environment.
In use cases, we have tons of microservices. So, we need observability. We heavily rely on LightStep streams for monitoring as well as alerting purposes. For example, suppose we don't expect traffic in a certain period. If we are getting more traffic, we get alerted. Basically, it is for monitoring our microservices and creating some alerts out of those so that if something goes wrong, we get alerted. We are also helpful in case of any errors because there is an option called streams, which can create it, and we can go through the streams to see what calls were made in that single request. Where was the error? What was the error? That's helpful.