Monitor GitLab with OpenTelemetry and New Relic

The blog post discusses how to enhance the observability of GitLab CI/CD pipelines using OpenTelemetry and New Relic's GitLab quickstart. It guides users through setting up monitoring for GitLab jobs and pipelines to track key metrics, visualize executions as distributed traces, and create alerts for potential issues. The integration is split into two parts: the New Relic exporter and the New Relic metrics exporter, each configured to export pipeline data to New Relic, allowing users to inspect pipeline runs and explore logs. The post details the setup process, including the creation of CI/CD variables, pipeline configurations, and testing procedures, while emphasizing the importance of scheduling and regular data exports to ensure comprehensive monitoring. It also introduces a pre-built dashboard to help users visualize data and suggests further customizations and alert configurations to maximize insights into the DevOps lifecycle.