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content/en/docs/what-is-opentelemetry.md

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- An **[observability] framework and toolkit** designed to facilitate the
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- Generation
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- [Generation][instr]
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- Collection
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- [Collection](../concepts/components/#collector)
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of [telemetry data][] such as [traces], [metrics], and [logs].
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understand the internal state of a system by examining its telemetry data, which
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To make a system observable, it must be
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[instrumented](../concepts/instrumentation). That is, the code must emit
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[traces], [metrics], or [logs]. The instrumented data must then be sent to an
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observability backend.
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To make a system observable, it must be [instrumented][instr]. That is, the code
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must emit [traces], [metrics], or [logs]. The instrumented data must then be
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sent to an observability backend.
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## Why OpenTelemetry?
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- [Getting started](../getting-started/) — jump right in!
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- Learn about [OpenTelemetry concepts](../concepts/).
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[Cloud Native Computing Foundation]: https://www.cncf.io
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[instr]: ../concepts/instrumentation
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[Jaeger]: https://www.jaegertracing.io/
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[logs]: ../concepts/signals/logs/
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[metrics]: ../concepts/signals/metrics/
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[observability]: ../concepts/observability-primer/#what-is-observability
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[Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io/
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[telemetry data]: ../concepts/signals/
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[traces]: ../concepts/signals/traces/
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[Jaeger]: https://www.jaegertracing.io/
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[Prometheus]: https://prometheus.io/
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[Cloud Native Computing Foundation]: https://www.cncf.io

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