Apache SkyWalking: The Observability Solution You Might Want to Avoid! Discover the Limitations

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In this episode, part of our Kubernetes series, we explore open-source observability with Apache SkyWalking. From managing data to understanding architecture and agents, we cover it all. 🚀
🔍 Topics covered:
- Introduction to Apache SkyWalking
- Architecture and core concepts
- Agents and instrumentation libraries
- Configuring SkyWalking for Kubernetes
- Challenges and limitations, especially with OpenTelemetry
- Conclusion: Is SkyWalking the right choice for your observability needs?
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00:00 Intro
00:12 Welcome
01:14 Introduction
05:15 What is Apache Skywalking
08:14 Architecture
12:20 The Agents
14:15 Kubernetes
16:49 Service Mesh
18:29 Conclusion

[@alex-as-is]

Very helpful, thank you! I agree, SkyWalking is very impressive at a first glance, and I was about to go into ventures with installing it. But OTel was also my preference, which is (as it turns out) not really supported by SkyWalking... meh...

[@grabnerandi]

Thanks Henrik for this episode. I first thought the title was to catch peoples attention - but - you really brought up a lot of good points on why you have this opinion on the solution. Also great that you gave advice to the SkyWalking team on aligning better with the work in the OpenTelemetry community!