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Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of POS Applications Using Open Telemetry Backend
	© 2024 by IJCTT Journal
	Volume-72 Issue-12
	Year of Publication : 2024
	Authors : Avinash Swaminathan Vaidyanathan, Ajay Krishna R, Manoj Shankar Murugesan
	DOI :  10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V72I12P109

How to Cite?

Avinash Swaminathan Vaidyanathan, Ajay Krishna R, Manoj Shankar Murugesan, "Real-Time Monitoring and Alerting of POS Applications Using Open Telemetry Backend," International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, vol. 72, no. 12, pp. 78-82, 2024. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22312803/IJCTT-V72I12P109

Abstract
In modern distributed systems, ensuring the health and performance of Point of Sale (POS) applications is crucial for businesses. This paper presents the use of Open Telemetry for collecting metrics from POS applications running on Linux and Windows servers, intending to create real-time alerts and dashboards for efficient monitoring. Docker is used to deploy the Open Telemetry backend components (such as the Open Telemetry Collector, Prometheus, and Grafana) to aggregate telemetry data and generate actionable insights. By leveraging Open Telemetry’s standard instrumentation, businesses can benefit from real time performance monitoring, providing insights into transaction latency, system resource usage, and overall application health.

Keywords
Dashboard alerts, Docker, Open telemetry, POS applications, Real-time monitoring, POS monitoring.

Reference

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[4] An Open Telemetry backend in a Docker image, Introducing Grafana/otel-lgtm, Grafana Labs, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://grafana.com/blog/2024/03/13/an-opentelemetry-backend-in-a-docker-image-introducing-grafana/otel-lgtm/