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Covers installing the required NuGet packages, creating a DiagnosticsConfig class with ActivitySource, Meter, and Counter, wiring up OpenTelemetry in Program.cs for ASP.NET Core instrumentation, HTTP client instrumentation, and runtime metrics, then running the free .NET Aspire dashboard via Docker to visualize all three signals without any paid vendor tooling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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