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open_telemetry_collector

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Available in: Self-Managed

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Send tracing events to an Open Telemetry collector.

  • Common

  • Advanced

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

Fields

grpc[]

A list of grpc collectors.

Type: object

grpc[].address

The endpoint of a collector to send events to.

Type: string

# Examples:
address: localhost:4317

grpc[].secure

Connect to the collector with client transport security

Type: bool

Default: false

http[]

A list of http collectors.

Type: object

http[].address

The endpoint of a collector to send events to.

Type: string

# Examples:
address: localhost:4318

http[].secure

Connect to the collector over HTTPS

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.

Type: string

Default: benthos

tags

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

Type: string

Default: {}