[translation] micro survey of cloud native observation ability. Prometheus leads the trend, but there are still obstacles to understanding the health of the system

Release date ：2022 year 3 month 8 Japan

We've been working with CNCF Observability Technical Advisory Group （TAG） cooperation , stay 2021 At the end of the year, a micro survey was conducted on cloud native communities , To understand how enterprises use observable tools .

Because we hope to realize the expected benefits of the cloud , People are becoming more and more interested in a concept called observability . This is a way to determine the application 、 Methods of workload or system health , In this way, you can take actions to ensure and maintain performance and availability . Based on the cloud native principle 、 Observability of architecture and technology construction is the best way to ensure performance and availability .

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Which are the most commonly used observability tools ？

According to the investigation report ,CNCF Three observable projects of are in the leading position in terms of adoption .Prometheus Occupy 86%,OpenTelemetry Occupy 49%,Fluentd Occupy 46%.

Observational challenges

We asked participants when using cloud native observability projects , What have they experienced or expected to experience, actual 、 Technical or cultural challenges . The most common challenge experienced or anticipated is complexity , Or too difficult to understand or run （41%）.

How to deploy observability tools ？

There are a lot of observable tools , But how are they deployed ？ most （64%） It is self managed on the public cloud .44% Of people use observability on the public cloud as a service , and 40% People manage themselves internally .

The micro survey was conducted by CNCF and CNCF Observability Technical Advisory Group （TAG） The design of the . It's in 2021 year 11 Month to 12 During the month , Received it from CNCF and Kubernetes Community 186 Replies .

The report describes in more detail how organizations use observability tools and what they consider the most pressing challenges . download Full report To read more !