Cisco Observability Platform Releases Developer SDK and Flexible Query Language
Cisco launched the Cisco Observability Platform SDK and Application Developer Framework to allow developers to build custom enterprise observability applications on OpenTelemetry. The update introduces declarative entity modeling and Flexible Query Language (FQL) for querying unified telemetry data.
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DevOps engineers, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and enterprise developers building custom monitoring solutions.
It transforms Cisco's observability toolset from a closed enterprise monitoring suite into an extensible developer platform, allowing organizations to integrate proprietary domain metrics directly alongside infrastructure and network telemetry.
Full Fact Overview
Cisco expanded its Developer Tools ecosystem with the Cisco Observability Platform Application Developer Framework and SDK. Developers can now define custom entities, metrics, events, logs, and traces (MELT) using YAML schemas validated against OpenTelemetry standards. The platform includes Flexible Query Language (FQL) capabilities, custom UI component extension capabilities, and CLI tools for validating and publishing application packages directly to the Cisco Observability Exchange.