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SigNoz and ClickStack: observability on ClickHouse

A course on open source observability platforms built on ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry: SigNoz, ClickStack (HyperDX), storing and querying telemetry with SQL, running them in production and choosing between them.

8 chapters12 lessonsEN
At your pace, through practice.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Explain the benefits of a columnar database for telemetry
  • Install and use SigNoz (APM, traces, logs, alerts)
  • Evaluate ClickStack and HyperDX
  • Store and analyse telemetry with SQL in ClickHouse
  • Operate ClickHouse and choose a platform

🎯 Level : Intermediate👥 Who it is for : SREs, DevOps engineers and developers looking for a unified open source observability platform

LEARNING PATH

Course curriculum

0Course overview1 lesson
  1. Assessment quizQuiz · ⏱ 10 min
1Introduction1 lesson

Why ClickHouse, and an overview of the tools.

  1. Observability on ClickHouseArticle · ⏱ 3 min
2SigNoz: installation2 lessons

Architecture and deployment.

  1. SigNoz: architecture and installationArticle · ⏱ 4 min
  2. Lab: Install SigNoz and observe a demo applicationHands-on lab · ⏱ 40 min · Level 2/5
3SigNoz: usage3 lessons

APM, queries, dashboards and alerts.

  1. Using SigNozArticle · ⏱ 4 min
  2. Lab: Dashboards and alerts in SigNozHands-on lab · ⏱ 40 min · Level 3/5
  3. Lab: Try ClickStack and HyperDXHands-on lab · ⏱ 35 min · Level 3/5
4ClickStack1 lesson

ClickHouse, HyperDX and OpenTelemetry.

  1. ClickStack and HyperDXArticle · ⏱ 4 min
5ClickHouse directly1 lesson

Exporter, SQL, TTL and materialised views.

  1. Telemetry in ClickHouseArticle · ⏱ 7 min
6Operate and choose2 lessons

Production and comparison.

  1. Operate and chooseArticle · ⏱ 3 min
  2. Final Lab: OpenTelemetry Collector to ClickHouse and SQL analysesHands-on lab · ⏱ 50 min · Level 4/5
7Best practices1 lesson

Recommended practices for running the product in production.

  1. Best practicesArticle · ⏱ 3 min

LEARN BY DOING

Use cases & applications

Replace a commercial APM

A complete self-hosted platform.

Analyse at high cardinality

Errors per customer or per user.

Combine telemetry and business data

SQL queries in ClickHouse.

Unify logs, traces and metrics

One database, one interface.

Recommended prerequisites

OpenTelemetry: From Discovery to Expertise

What next?

Jaeger: distributed tracing from discovery to expertiseGrafana Mimir: from discovery to expertiseSRE in practice: SLIs, SLOs and error budgets

Frequently asked questions

Is SigNoz free?

Yes, SigNoz is open source and can be self-hosted; a cloud offering and enterprise features are also available.

Why ClickHouse for observability?

High compression, fast analytical queries and good handling of high cardinality, all in SQL.

Do I need to know how to write SQL?

Not for everyday use (query builder, search); SQL is for advanced analyses.

Can I move from SigNoz to another tool?

Yes, if your applications are instrumented with OpenTelemetry: only the destination changes.