otlptracehttp

Overview ¶

Package otlptracehttp provides an OTLP span exporter using HTTP with protobuf payloads. By default the telemetry is sent to https://localhost:4318/v1/traces.

Exporter should be created using New.

The environment variables described below can be used for configuration.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT (default: "https://localhost:4318") - target base URL ("/v1/traces" is appended) to which the exporter sends telemetry. The value must contain a scheme ("http" or "https") and host. The value may additionally contain a port and a path. The value should not contain a query string or fragment. The configuration can be overridden by OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT environment variable and by WithEndpoint, WithEndpointURL, WithInsecure options.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT (default: "https://localhost:4318/v1/traces") - target URL to which the exporter sends telemetry. The value must contain a scheme ("http" or "https") and host. The value may additionally contain a port and a path. The value should not contain a query string or fragment. The configuration can be overridden by WithEndpoint, WithEndpointURL, [WitnInsecure], and WithURLPath options.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS (default: none) - key-value pairs used as headers associated with HTTP requests. The value is expected to be represented in a format matching the W3C Baggage HTTP Header Content Format, except that additional semi-colon delimited metadata is not supported. Example value: "key1=value1,key2=value2". OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS. The configuration can be overridden by WithHeaders option.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_TIMEOUT (default: "10000") - maximum time in milliseconds the OTLP exporter waits for each batch export. OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_TIMEOUT takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT. The configuration can be overridden by WithTimeout option.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_COMPRESSION (default: none) - the compression strategy the exporter uses to compress the HTTP body. Supported value: "gzip". OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_COMPRESSION takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION. The configuration can be overridden by WithCompression option.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE (default: none) - the filepath to the trusted certificate to use when verifying a server's TLS credentials. OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE. The configuration can be overridden by WithTLSClientConfig option.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE (default: none) - the filepath to the client certificate/chain trust for client's private key to use in mTLS communication in PEM format. OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE. The configuration can be overridden by WithTLSClientConfig option.

OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_KEY, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_KEY (default: none) - the filepath to the client's private key to use in mTLS communication in PEM format. OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_KEY takes precedence over OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_KEY. The configuration can be overridden by WithTLSClientConfig option.

package main

import (
	"context"

	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp"
	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	exp, err := otlptracehttp.New(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	tracerProvider := trace.NewTracerProvider(trace.WithBatcher(exp))
	defer func() {
		if err := tracerProvider.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
	}()
	otel.SetTracerProvider(tracerProvider)

	// From here, the tracerProvider can be used by instrumentation to collect
	// telemetry.
}

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