Go OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation with Helios

Benefit from distributed tracing and observability over microservices in Go. The Helios SDK leverages OpenTelemetry to auto-instrument services and tests in Go.

Get your Golang services auto-instrumented with Helios and OTel by following the installation instructions provided below.

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Helios' Go OpenTelemetry SDK

Get started by installing the OpenTelemetry dependencies:

go get github.com/helios/go-sdk

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Minimum Go version supported by Helios (and OpenTelemetry) is 1.18.

An example for a trace from the Helios OpenTelemetry Sandbox that includes instrumentation of a Go service and spans:

A trace from the Helios OpenTelemetry Sandbox that propagates through many microservices, including Go

A trace from the Helios OpenTelemetry Sandbox that propagates through many microservices, including Go

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Installation docs & references