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open_telemetry_collector

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Sends tracing events to one or more OpenTelemetry Collector endpoints.

Introduced in version 4.5.0.

Exports tracing events to one or more OpenTelemetry Collector endpoints over HTTP or gRPC.

  • Common

  • Advanced

tracer:
  open_telemetry_collector:
    service: benthos
    http: [] # No default (required)
    grpc: [] # No default (required)
    sampling:
      enabled: false
      ratio: 0 # No default (optional)
tracer:
  open_telemetry_collector:
    service: benthos
    http: [] # No default (required)
    grpc: [] # No default (required)
    tags: {}
    sampling:
      enabled: false
      ratio: 0 # No default (optional)

Fields

grpc[]

A list of grpc collectors.

Type: array<object>

grpc[].address

The endpoint of a collector to send events to.

Requires version 4.26.0 or later.

Type: string

# Examples:
address: localhost:4317

grpc[].secure

Connect to the collector with client transport security

Requires version 4.20.0 or later.

Type: bool

Default: false

http[]

A list of http collectors.

Type: array<object>

http[].address

The endpoint of a collector to send events to.

Requires version 4.26.0 or later.

Type: string

# Examples:
address: localhost:4318

http[].secure

Connect to the collector over HTTPS

Requires version 4.20.0 or later.

Type: bool

Default: false

sampling

Settings for trace sampling. Sampling is recommended for high-volume production workloads.

Requires version 4.25.0 or later.

Type: object

sampling.enabled

Whether to enable sampling.

Type: bool

Default: false

sampling.ratio

Sets the ratio of traces to sample.

Type: float

# Examples:
ratio: 0.85

# ---

ratio: 0.5

service

The name of the service in traces.

Requires version 4.54.0 or later.

Type: string

Default: benthos

tags

A map of tags to add to all exported spans and metrics.

Type: object<string>

Default: {}