otel-demo-architecture

Troubleshoot microservices performance by mapping service dependencies, identifying critical paths in user flows, and analyzing metrics, traces, and logs to pinpoint bottlenecks. The OpenTelemetry Demo architecture provides a complete reference for understanding service interactions, communication protocols, and resource constraints across your system.

Map service dependencies by identifying upstream and downstream connections, their protocols, and resource limits. Trace critical user flows like checkout to visualize the complete data path across services, revealing which components affect each other and where bottlenecks originate.

The OpenTelemetry Demo is a microservices application that demonstrates how metrics, traces, and logs are collected, correlated, and stored across distributed services. Understanding its architecture helps you debug failures, detect telemetry gaps, and analyze system topology without manual documentation review.

Identify bottlenecks by analyzing service dependencies and resource limits, then tracing the critical path through affected services using metrics, traces, and logs. Cross-reference service interactions and memory constraints to isolate which component is constraining system performance.

Yes. Use service dependency references to understand protocols and connections between services, then examine traces and logs to detect communication failures, timeouts, or data flow breaks that cause system failures or performance degradation.

Detect telemetry gaps by comparing expected service interactions against collected metrics, traces, and logs. Missing data from critical services or paths indicates incomplete instrumentation that could hide failures or obscure root causes during troubleshooting.