Get Started with xObserve

Follow the steps in this section to install xObserve and enable observability across your xDP deployment.

Before You Begin

Ensure that:

• xCentral is installed.
• You have the required permissions to manage infrastructure components.
• External PostgreSQL and VictoriaMetrics connection details are available if you plan to use externally managed services.
• An API key is available if you plan to configure an AI/LLM provider during installation.

Components Supported by xObserve

xCompute

xCompute is the compute layer of xDP that runs data processing workloads, queries, and pipelines using engines such as Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Trino, and JupyterHub.

When observability is enabled, xObserve collects operational telemetry from xCompute clusters to provide visibility into cluster health, resource utilization, workload performance, and application activity.

xStore

xStore is the catalog and metadata layer of xDP. It provides centralized metadata management and connectivity to storage systems such as HDFS, Apache Iceberg, Amazon S3, and S3-compatible object storage.

When observability is enabled, xObserve collects metrics, logs, and operational events from xStore to help monitor service health, JVM performance, API activity, and backend connectivity.

Applications

xObserve supports observability for applications deployed on xCompute, such as JupyterHub, Airflow, Trino, and other supported services.

Application-specific observability connectors collect metrics, logs, traces, and operational telemetry and stream them to xObserve for monitoring and analysis.

Install xObserve

Install xObserve from the xDP UI to enable observability for your xDP deployment.

For detailed installation instructions, see Install xObserve.

Enable xObserve

After installing xObserve, enable observability for the xDP components and applications that you want to monitor.

When observability is enabled, xDP automatically deploys the required xObserve agents and connectors to collect and stream observability data to the xObserve instance associated with your xCentral cluster.

For detailed instructions, see:

• Enable xObserve for xCompute
• Enable xObserve for xStore
• Enable xObserve for Applications

Next Steps

After enabling xObserve, you can:

• Monitor infrastructure and service health.
• Analyze logs, traces, and operational events.
• Track resource utilization and performance metrics.
• Monitor xCompute, xStore, and application workloads from centralized dashboards.
• Configure alerts and observability workflows.
• Use xObserve Sense AI-powered diagnostics to identify issues and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks.
• Manage xObserve settings from the Manage xObserve page in xCentral.