Instructor
Armstrong Uzoagwa
Track
DevOps & Automation
Date
February 16, 2025
Notes
A deep dive into observability — going beyond logs and metrics to create self-healing, resilient systems for creative professionals.
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Course Overview
In this course, we explore the foundations of observability and why it’s more than just collecting logs. True observability means building systems that give clear, actionable insights — empowering you to detect, diagnose, and fix issues before they impact clients.
Key Lessons
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The Heart of Observability
- Logs, metrics, and traces explained simply
- Why dashboards alone aren’t enough
- Connecting system health to business outcomes
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Observability as a Lifestyle
- Embedding monitoring in every pipeline step
- Using alerts that matter (no noise)
- Automating incident response
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The Impact of Connected Systems
- Early detection with distributed tracing
- Building feedback loops into CI/CD pipelines
- Moving toward self-healing infrastructure
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Why It Matters
- Reliability: detect issues before they hit clients
- Efficiency: reduce firefighting, focus on value
- Confidence: ship faster with visibility built-in
Hands-On Lab
- Set up basic monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana
- Add distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry
- Configure alerts in Datadog or New Relic
- Test system resilience with chaos engineering experiments
Key Takeaways
- Observability is a pillar of automation.
- It’s not about more data, but better insights.
- Self-healing systems are built, not wished into existence.