Supercharged GitHub Actions monitoring with OpenTelemetry at Elastic
Ready to observe your GitHub Actions from a central repository? At Elastic, we developed a custom OpenTelemetry Collector receiver to gather GitHub Actions logs and combine them with traces, allowing us to monitor all workflows in our GitHub organization. Learn about the challenges we faced, the solutions we implemented, and how centralized logs, traces, and metrics enhance CICD analysis and visualization. Initially focused on detecting security vulnerabilities, we discovered broader benefits of centralized logs combined with traces and metrics. We’ll share real-world examples, discuss handling log volume spikes, navigating GitHub Actions API rate limits, and ensuring data integrity during log collection. Additionally, we’ll cover fine-tuning the receiver for log volume efficiency and optimizing the collector’s reliability. Finally, we’ll showcase how centralized data has empowered our analysis and visualization capabilities, demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach.
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Victor MartinezElasticVictor is a principal software engineer at Elastic and lives in sunny Spain. Victor works with different teams to build and improve the CI/CD ecosystem. He has contributed to Jenkins, OpenTelemetry, and other communities for years. He loves riding his bike, eating good food, and having quality time with his family.