The goal of observability is to understand a complex system’s internal state by observing its external outputs. OverviewProper instrumentation enables you to aggregate metrics, traces, logs and events from a distributed system and correlate them across various application components and services, identifying complex interactions between elements and allowing you to troubleshoot performance issues, improve management, and optimize cloud native infrastructure and applications. Underlying Hardware Infrastructure & VMware Control PlaneVMware Cloud was designed from the ground up to be simple to consume, allowing your operations teams to focus higher up the stack and away from the undifferentiated heavy lifting associated with hardware infrastructure. Common metricsWhen deciding on the metrics that need to be observed, it’s important to adopt a user centric approach that works backwards from application owners. Parent topic: Infrastructure Operations and Service Control