Observability Foundations
2-day introductory training for IT professionals
Why Join?
This course is ideal for IT professionals — including engineers, QA, operations, architects, business analysts, and other technical roles — who want to understand and apply observability principles. Through hands-on tool exploration and practical exercises, you’ll gain insights into how observability improves reliability, performance, and operational excellence across systems.
Course Overview
This training introduces the essential concepts and practices of observability, focusing on real-world applications and tool usage. Participants will work with a blend of open-source and commercial tools to explore how observability supports monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization across infrastructure, application, and user experience layers.
Day 1 – Foundations of Observability
Module 1: Understanding Observability
- Core principles of observability and why it matters for modern IT systems
- The difference between observability and traditional monitoring
- The role of metrics, logs, and traces in achieving full system visibility
- Introduction to key tools and ecosystems: Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Datadog, and more
- Comparing open-source and commercial solutions
Module 2: Practical Introduction to Observability Tools
- Exploring tool interfaces and key features
- Basic workflows: querying metrics, analyzing logs, and tracing transactions
- Simulated examples to understand how observability helps identify issues and performance bottlenecks
- Hands-on exercises for applying observability concepts in realistic scenarios
Day 2 – Practical Applications and Advanced Insights
Module 1: Observability Across System Layers
- Understanding observability at the infrastructure, application, and user experience levels
- How observability supports performance, debugging, and reliability across layers
- Organizational and technical challenges in adopting observability
- Best practices for implementation and cross-team collaboration
Module 2: Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement
- Using observability to detect and resolve performance issues proactively
- Real-time monitoring techniques and practical use cases
- Connecting observability with operational excellence and business goals
- Planning for future needs: scalability, cost control, and long-term improvement
Course Focus Areas:
- Key observability concepts: metrics, logs, traces
- Hands-on experience with both open-source and commercial tools
- Improving system performance and reliability through observability
- Simulated application exercises and tool exploration
- Observability applied across infrastructure, applications, and user experience
- Strategies for overcoming adoption and implementation challenges
Pricing:
€500 / participant / course