11---
22title : Instrumentation
3- description : >-
4- How OpenTelemetry instrumentations libraries and applications.
3+ description : How OpenTelemetry facilitates instrumentation
54aliases : [instrumenting]
65weight : 15
76---
@@ -11,25 +10,24 @@ from the system's components must emit [traces](/docs/concepts/signals/traces/),
1110[ metrics] ( /docs/concepts/signals/metrics/ ) , and
1211[ logs] ( /docs/concepts/signals/logs/ ) .
1312
14- OpenTelemetry has two primary ways to instrument.
13+ Using OpenTelemetry, you can instrument your code in two primary ways:
1514
16151 . [ Code-based solutions] ( /docs/concepts/instrumentation/code-based ) via
17- official APIs and SDKs for eleven languages.
18- 2 . [ Zero-code solutions] ( /docs/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code/ ) that, when
19- installed, instrument libraries you use.
16+ official [ APIs and SDKs for most languages] ( /docs/languages/ )
17+ 2 . [ Zero-code solutions] ( /docs/concepts/instrumentation/zero-code/ )
2018
21- Code-based solutions allow you to get rich telemetry from your application
22- itself. They let you use the OpenTelemetry API to generate telemetry from your
23- application, which acts as an essential complement to the telemetry generated by
24- zero-code solutions.
19+ ** Code-based** solutions allow you to get deeper insight and rich telemetry from
20+ your application itself. They let you use the OpenTelemetry API to generate
21+ telemetry from your application, which acts as an essential complement to the
22+ telemetry generated by zero-code solutions.
2523
26- The Zero-code solutions are great for getting started, or when you can't modify
24+ ** Zero-code** solutions are great for getting started, or when you can't modify
2725the application you need to get telemetry out of. They provide rich telemetry
2826from libraries you use and/or the environment your application runs in. Another
2927way to think of it is that they provide information about what's happening _ at
3028the edges_ of your application.
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32- It's generally recommended that you use both solutions when you can .
30+ You can use both solutions simultaneously .
3331
3432## Additional OpenTelemetry Benefits
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