Discover how to gain unparalleled visibility and traceability into your applications with our latest video! As an expansion of our blog post, this tutorial dives into the world of Site Reliability Engineering and IT Operations, guiding you step-by-step through the process of implementing a plugin for the OpenTelemetry Java Agent using its Extensions framework.

We'll help you navigate the challenges of monitoring applications written in non-standard frameworks or when you can't access the source code. Our video will break down complex topics like Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Java Agents, bytecode, and Byte Buddy, bringing them to life with on-screen examples using a sample Java program.

Whether you're an SRE, an IT operations professional, or just interested in application monitoring, this video provides valuable insights to bridge the gap between your operations and crucial business data. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more tech tutorials!

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• Take a deep dive into OpenTelemetry: https://www.elastic.co/what-is/opentelemetry
• Learn more about Elastic Observability solutions: https://www.elastic.co/observability
• Check out this GitHub repo as a companion to this video: https://github.com/davidgeorgehope/custom-instrumentation-examples

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