Reporting Application Metrics into Stackdriver
1 hour 30 minutes
5 Credits
GSP111
Overview
In this hands-on lab you'll setup a simple video server application in Go and instrument it to report application metrics, also known as custom metrics, to Stackdriver using the OpenCensus library.
This lab has been adapted from the Go Stackdriver exporter example on GitHub. OpenCensus refers to metrics as stats.
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GSP111OverviewWhat is OpenCensus?Setup and RequirementsCreate a Compute Engine instanceInstall Go and OpenCensus on your instanceCreate a Stackdriver workspaceCreate a basic application server in GoDefining & recording measures using OpenCensusSetting up metrics collection & aggregationReporting default metrics to StackdriverView your application metrics in StackdriverOther methods for reporting application metrics to StackdriverCongratulations!