---
title: OpenTelemetry use cases
description: Overview of different use cases for the {{edot}}.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5739/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/use-cases
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Serverless Observability projects: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector: Generally available
---

# OpenTelemetry use cases
Explore specific use cases for the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry:
- [Kubernetes observability](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5739/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/use-cases/kubernetes)
- [LLM observability](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/5739/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/use-cases/llms)