Zipkin topics
12 short topics in Observability SRE and Production Operations. Each one is a single focused exercise with a clear piece of evidence at the end.
12 topics, one exercise each.
Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.
These are draft topic outlines (draft; instructor review pending). Full lessons follow after review; ask Ajay if you need a topic sooner.
- 01
Signal collection and instrumentation
Inspect evidence for signal collection and instrumentation in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 02
Metadata and resource identity
Inspect evidence for metadata and resource identity in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 03
Metrics and label organization
Inspect evidence for metrics and label organization in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 04
Log structure and correlation
Inspect evidence for log structure and correlation in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 05
Trace and span interpretation
Inspect evidence for trace and span interpretation in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 06
Sampling and data-volume control
Inspect evidence for sampling and data-volume control in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 07
Dashboard and query construction
Inspect evidence for dashboard and query construction in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 08
Alert and escalation integration
Inspect evidence for alert and escalation integration in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 09
Data access redaction and retention
Inspect evidence for data access redaction and retention in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 10
Signal pipeline reliability
Inspect evidence for signal pipeline reliability in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 11
Telemetry usage and cost
Inspect evidence for telemetry usage and cost in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 12
Operational diagnosis and verification
Inspect evidence for operational diagnosis and verification in Zipkin; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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