This document provides an overview of OpenTelemetry for operators. It discusses some of the limitations of current observability platforms and how OpenTelemetry addresses these issues. It introduces the OpenTelemetry project which combines distributed tracing, metrics, and logging APIs. It describes the OpenTelemetry Collector which receives, processes, and exports telemetry data. It provides examples of Collector configuration and running it in production. It also discusses some innovations in the observability space from vendors like Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk SignalFX, and others.