Connext Observability Framework uses telemetry data to help identify and resolve potential issues in Connext applications. This product is not installed as part of a Connext package; it must be downloaded and installed separately, as described in Installing and Running Observability Framework.
Important
Observability Framework is an experimental product that includes example configuration files for use with several third-party components (Prometheus, Grafana Loki, and Grafana). This release is an evaluation distribution; use it to explore the new observability features that support Connext applications.
Do not deploy any Observability Framework components in production.
11.1. Supported Platforms
The components of RTI Connext Observability Framework are supported on the following platforms:
RTI Observability Collector Service is supported as a Docker image on linux/amd64 (x64Linux).
RTI Monitoring Library 2.0 is supported on all supported platforms in this release. See Supported Platforms in the RTI Connext Core Libraries Release Notes.
11.2. Compatibility
Connext Observability Framework is an optional product released with RTI Connext 7.2.0.
The current Observability Framework release is not compatible with Connext 7.1.0. This release works only with Connext 7.2.0.
11.3. Supported Docker Compose Environments
The Observability Framework package enables you to deploy and run Observability Collector Service and third-party components NGINX, OpenTelemetry Collector, Prometheus, Grafana Loki, and Grafana, using Docker Compose in a single Linux host. The host can run on a Virtual Machine (VM); in this release, we have tested the following combinations:
Host Architecture/OS |
VM Architecture/OS |
VM |
|---|---|---|
x86 Windows |
x86 Ubuntu |
VirtualBox |
x86 Mac |
x86 Ubuntu |
Parallels |
x86 Ubuntu |
None |
None |
Important
The Docker Compose distribution uses “host” networking that only works on Linux hosts; it is not supported on Docker Desktop for Mac, Docker Desktop for Windows, or Docker EE for Windows Server.
Windows virtualization technologies such as WSL, WSL2, and Hyper-V also do not support “host” networking. Running Observability Framework using Docker Compose in these environments will not work.