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Cisco Cloud Observability

In this workshop you will explore how Cisco Cloud Observability (CCO) can be used to monitor your cloud-native applications and infrastructure.

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Learning Objectives

  • Understand the Fundamentals of Cisco Cloud Observability: Gain a solid understanding of the key concepts, terminologies, and components that make up cloud-native application observability, including metrics, logs, and traces.
  • Master the Use of CCO platform: Learn how to navigate and effectively utilize CCO platform for monitoring, troubleshooting, and gaining insights into cloud-native applications.
  • Integrate with OpenTelemetry: Learn how to prepare Kubernetes Operators and OpenTelemetry Collectors to setup data collection and exporting of metrics, logs, and traces to CCO.
  • Implement Effective Monitoring Strategies: Acquire the skills to set up and configure various monitoring agents and collectors, focusing on best practices to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
  • Analyze and Interpret Data: Develop the ability to analyze and interpret observability data, using tools like dashboards and alerts to identify performance bottlenecks, errors, or other issues in real-time.
  • Hands-On Experience: Gain practical experience through lab exercises that guide you through the process of deploying a demo application, setting up monitoring, and analyzing performance data.

Who Can Benefit?

  • DevOps Engineers: Those responsible for deploying and managing cloud-native applications can gain valuable insights into monitoring and observability best practices.
  • System Administrators: Individuals responsible for the overall health of the IT environment can learn how to set up effective monitoring and alerting systems for cloud-native applications.

Workshop Structure

  • Introduction to Cisco Cloud Observability and monitoring challenges
  • Deploying CCO components for monitoring of cloud-native applications.
  • Utilizing CCO UI and tools for effective monitoring and troubleshooting strategy.


Coming Up Next  

In the next section, you’ll delve into the details of monitoring cloud-native applications and discover how Cisco Cloud Observability aims to address the associated challenges. On the right-hand side of the lab guide, click on the > arrow in the navigation bar to continue.