DigitalOcean Kubernetes is a managed Kubernetes platform that provides simplified user experience, fixed and predictable pricing model, ample egress data transfer, and versatile range of virtual machines. Observability is a critical component for identifying issues, resolving them promptly, and optimizing the environment for better performance and resource utilization in complex distributed systems. Observability encompasses metrics, logs, events, and traces, providing a holistic view of system behavior and diagnosing issues more effectively. However, implementing effective observability can present challenges such as data volume and signal-to-noise ratio, storage costs, data correlation and context, alerting and notification management, scaling and multi-cluster observability, security and compliance, and cost control. To address these challenges, ISVs should consider adopting best practices tailored to their specific needs and constraints, leveraging SaaS observability solutions with managed services like Logtail, Papertrail, Datadog, New Relic, Elastic Cloud, or Grafana Cloud, using the kube-prometheus-stack for self-hosted observability, and centralizing observability in multi-cluster environments. Observability is an ongoing journey requiring continuous improvement and adaptation to align with evolving business needs and technological advancements.