OTLP Exporter
Export OpenTelemetry metrics, logs, and traces to any OTLP endpoint.
| Telemetry Type | Support |
|---|---|
| Metrics | Alpha |
| Traces | Alpha |
| Logs | Alpha |
The OTLP exporter is the default, or can be explicitly selected with --exporter otlp.
| Option | Default | Options |
|---|---|---|
| --otlp-exporter-endpoint | ||
| --otlp-exporter-protocol | grpc | grpc, http |
| --otlp-exporter-custom-headers | ||
| --otlp-exporter-compression | gzip | gzip, none |
| --otlp-exporter-tls-cert-file | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-cert-pem | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-key-file | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-key-pem | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-ca-file | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-ca-pem | ||
| --otlp-exporter-tls-skip-verify | ||
| --otlp-exporter-request-timeout | 5s | |
| --otlp-exporter-retry-initial-backoff | 5s | |
| --otlp-exporter-retry-max-backoff | 30s | |
| --otlp-exporter-retry-max-elapsed-time | 300s |
Any of the options that start with --otlp-exporter* can be set per telemetry type: metrics, traces or logs. For
example, to set a custom endpoint to export traces to, set: --otlp-exporter-traces-endpoint. For other telemetry
types their value falls back to the top-level OTLP exporter config.