Note
RTI® Connext® Observability Framework is now considered production-ready.
Observability Framework includes example configuration files for use with several third-party components (Prometheus®, Grafana Loki™, Grafana®, NGINX®, and OpenTelemetry™ Collector). This release supports Connext applications with new observability features. For support, you may contact support@rti.com.
Feel confident deploying Observability Framework components in production environments.
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.
13.1. Supported Platforms
See Supported Platforms, in the RTI Connext Core Libraries Release Notes.
13.2. 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 AND 7.3.0.
13.3. 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.