--- title: "How to use auto-instrumentation with OpenTelemetry" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-auto-instrumentation-with-opentelemetry-oji0ioxgp source_url: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/25/how-use-auto-instrumentation-opentelemetry type: article source: "Red Hat Developer" published: 2026-02-25T08:30:38.695Z updated: 2026-02-25T08:31:20.291Z tags: ["kubernetes", "microservices", "observability", "openshift", "opentelemetry"] reading_time: 12 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to use auto-instrumentation with OpenTelemetry **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to setting up zero-code observability on Red Hat OpenShift using the Red Hat build of OpenTelemetry. Covers installing the OTel operator, creating a collector instance, configuring the Instrumentation CR for auto-instrumentation across Java, Python, and Node.js apps via simple pod annotations, integrating with Tempo for distributed tracing, connecting to OpenShift User-Workload Monitoring for Prometheus metrics, and building dashboards with Perses. Includes YAML configurations, RBAC setup, and PromQL examples for key performance metrics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [One-command OpenTelemetry setup on Linux hosts](https://daily.dev/posts/one-command-opentelemetry-setup-on-linux-hosts-jfgihtm4g) · OpenTelemetry · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introduction to instrumentation with OpenTelemetry for Developers – Key Concepts A \(maybe not so\) quick introduction to the universe of instrumentation and observability.](https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-instrumentation-with-opentelemetry-for-developers-key-concepts-a-maybe-not-so-qu-zvvnihl7j) · The Miners · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Complete Observability for Java: Spring Boot and Kubernetes with Dash0](https://daily.dev/posts/complete-observability-for-java-spring-boot-and-kubernetes-with-dash0-ak4svyfqx) · Foojay.io · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#microservices](https://daily.dev/tags/microservices), [#observability](https://daily.dev/tags/observability), [#openshift](https://daily.dev/tags/openshift), [#opentelemetry](https://daily.dev/tags/opentelemetry) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-auto-instrumentation-with-opentelemetry-oji0ioxgp)