OpenTelemetry¶
Endpoint |
otel |
|---|---|
URL |
|
Maximum Request Size (compressed) |
10 MB |
Maximum Request Size (uncompressed) |
50 MB |
Global Individual Observation Limit |
4 MB |
Global Individual Metric, Span, or Event Limit (including attributes and resource attributes) |
1 MB |
Observe implements the write-only HTTP endpoint for OpenTelemetry as defined by the OpenTelemetry Protocol Definition and supports the following observation types:
Type |
URL Suffix |
Protocol Status |
|---|---|---|
Traces |
|
|
Metrics |
|
|
Logs |
|
The request body should be encoded in the Protobuf format and sent with the content-type application/x-protobuf. GRPC ingestion is not supported for the OpenTelemetry endpoint.
To send data using the OpenTelemetry Collector, you need to authenticate with the endpoint using a Datastream Token attached as an http authorization header.
Prerequisite: You must configure a datastream and token before proceeding.
Note
The bearer token format used for datastreams is different than that used by authentication tokens.
Use the following configuration snippets as a guide:
exporters:
...
otlphttp:
endpoint: "https://${OBSERVE_CUSTOMER}.collect.observeinc.com/v2/otel"
headers:
authorization: "Bearer ${OBSERVE_TOKEN}"
service:
...
pipelines:
traces:
...
exporters: [otlphttp]
If you want to bypass the OpenTelemetry Collector and test the endpoint directly, you must specify the URL and the relevant suffix. For instance, traces should be sent to the following URL:
https://${OBSERVE_CUSTOMERID}.collect.observeinc.com/v2/otel/v1/traces
Again, you need an Observe token for authentication as in this example:
https://${OBSERVE_CUSTOMERID}.collect.observeinc.com/v2/otel/v1/traces \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ab1cdE2FGhiJKlmnop34Q:rstUv5w6Xy7z8AB_CdeFg9h0iJK1mnOPqr" \
-d @sample_trace.json