opentelemetry-go-helper

OpenTelemetry Go Helper

Purpose

The OpenTelemetry Go Helper makes it possible to switch easily between OpenTelemetry exporters, currently the Dynatrace Exporter and the stdout exporter (more to come). Currently, only metrics are supported.

Getting started

go get github.com/dynatrace/opentelemetry-go-helper/helper

Usage (in Code)

import (
	otelhelper "github.com/dynatrace/opentelemetry-go-helper/helper"
)

func main() {
	pusher := otelhelper.CreatePusher()
	defer pusher.Stop()
}

Configuration (Environment Variables)

stdout Exporter

OTEL_PROVIDER=stdout

Dynatrace OpenTelemetry Exporter

OTEL_PROVIDER=dynatrace
DT_URL=<Dynatrace API URL, e.g. https://mytenantid.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/ingest>
DT_API_KEY=<Dynatrace API Key>

Disclaimer

The contained code is NOT SUPPORTED by Dynatrace. Please use at your own risk. You can contact the author via Github issues.

License

The OpenTelemetry Go Helper is under Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE for details.