5 The Presentation stage: Displaying telemetry

 

This chapter covers

  • The function of the Presentation stage
  • How to aggregate and display metrics data
  • Features needed in centralized logging and security systems
  • How correlation drives distributed tracing

The Presentation stage is the last stage of the telemetry pipeline and the one that most people in the technical organization (and outside it) use to interact with telemetry. For telemetry SaaS companies, the Presentation stage is what sells their products. This chapter teaches how telemetry is presented in each of the four telemetry system styles covered in previous chapters:

  • Section 5.1 covers metrics systems and how charts and aggregations are produced.
  • Section 5.2 covers centralized logging systems and what features a good presentation system for centralized logging should have.
  • Section 5.3 covers security systems and their specialized presentation needs.
  • Section 5.4 covers distributed tracing systems and how correlation drives the value it provides.

5.1 Displaying telemetry in metrics systems

5.1.1 Making pretty pictures with telemetry

5.1.2 Feeding the graphs with aggregation functions

5.1.3 Using aggregations with pdf_pages

5.2 Displaying telemetry in centralized logging systems

5.2.1 Selecting needed features in a display system for centralized logging

5.2.2 Demonstrating centralized logging display

5.3 Displaying telemetry in security systems

5.4 Displaying telemetry distributed tracing systems

5.5 Displaying telemetry in large organizations

Summary

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