opentelemetry-go/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp

OpenTelemetry-Go OTLP Metric HTTP Exporter

OpenTelemetry Protocol Exporter implementation using HTTP with protobuf-encoded payloads.

Installation

go get -u go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp

Usage

Exporters should be created using the New and used with a [PeriodicReader].

Environment Variables

The following environment variables can be used (instead of options objects) to override the default configuration.

Name	Description	Default	Override with
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT	Endpoint to which the exporter is going to send traces or metrics. If the scheme is http or unix this will also set OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE to true	https://localhost:4317	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT, WithEndpoint()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT	Endpoint to which the exporter is going to send metrics. If the scheme is http or unix this will also set OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE to true	https://localhost:4317/v1/metrics	WithEndpoint() and WithURLPath()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE	If set to true the connection will not attempt to use TLS when connecting	false	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_INSECURE, WithInsecure()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_INSECURE	If set to true the connection will not attempt to use TLS when connecting	false	WithInsecure()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS	A list of headers to send with each request	none	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS, WithHeaders()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS	A list of headers to send with each request	none	WithHeaders()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION	Sets the compressions used in the connection. Supports none and gzip. Must import the compressor for gzip to work.	none	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_COMPRESSION, WithCompression()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_COMPRESSION	Sets the compressions used in the connection. Supports none and gzip. Must import the compressor for gzip to work.	none	WithCompression()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT	Sets the max amount of time (as milliseconds) an Exporter will attempt an export	10000	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TIMEOUT, WithTimeout()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TIMEOUT	Sets the max amount of time (as milliseconds) an Exporter will attempt an export	10000	WithTimeout()
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE	The aggregation temporality to use on the basis of instrument kind. Available values are Cumulative, Delta, and LowMemory. See The OTLP Exporter Specification for more details	Cumulative	WithTemporalitySelector()