.. _installation_observability_index:

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Observability
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Observability is an umbrella term for a number of principles and technologies to get
insight in running (distributed) systems. It typically focuses on Metrics, Logging and
Tracing, which provide insight in:

* what the application is doing, in particular as part of a larger system, such as
  microservice environments
* performance of the system
* how the system is used

Open Object operates in distributed environments, and being able to fully trace a
customer request from start to end, observability tools are crucial. Below we provide
some additional context for infastructure teams that wish to integrate Open Object in
their observability stack.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Contents

   logging
   metrics
   tracing
   error_monitoring
   otel_config

.. seealso:: The base integration layer is provided through our shared library, which
   includes some `architecture documentation <https://maykin-django-common.readthedocs.io/en/latest/otel.html#architecture>`_.