OpenTelemetry: How distributed tracing really works with Python, FastAPI and requests

Description

A technical deep dive explanation of how OpenTelemetry distributed tracing really works under the hood with examples using Python, FastAPI and the requests module and Jaeger. I discuss the traceparent header and its importance in correctly stitching a trace together end-to-end. GitHub Repo for code: https://github.com/agardnerIT/python-fastapi-requests-traceparent #opentelemetry #fastapi #cncf #python