> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Build your own observability stack

> Landing page building your own observability stack

This guide helps you build a custom observability stack using ClickHouse as the foundation. Learn how to design, implement, and optimize your observability solution for logs, metrics, and traces, with practical examples and best practices.

| Page | Description |
| - | - |
| [Introduction](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/introduction) | This guide is designed for if you're looking to build your own observability solution using ClickHouse, focusing on logs and traces. |
| [Schema design](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/schema-design) | Learn why users are recommended to create their own schema for logs and traces, along with some best practices for doing so. |
| [Managing data](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/managing-data) | Deployments of ClickHouse for observability invariably involve large datasets, which need to be managed. ClickHouse offers features to assist with data management. |
| [Integrating OpenTelemetry](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/integrating-opentelemetry) | Collecting and exporting logs and traces using OpenTelemetry with ClickHouse. |
| [Using Visualization Tools](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/grafana) | Learn how to use observability visualization tools for ClickHouse, including HyperDX and Grafana. |
| [Demo Application](/guides/use-cases/observability/build-your-own/demo-application) | Explore the OpenTelemetry demo application forked to work with ClickHouse for logs and traces. |