README.md

OTLP Exporter for OpenTelemetry .NET

The OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol) exporter communicates to an OpenTelemetry Collector through a gRPC protocol.

Prerequisite

• Get OpenTelemetry Collector

Installation

dotnet add package OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol

Configuration

You can configure the OtlpExporter through OtlpExporterOptions properties:

• Endpoint: Target to which the exporter is going to send traces or metrics.
• Credentials: Client-side channel credentials.
• Headers: Optional headers for the connection.
• ChannelOptions: gRPC channel options.
• ExportProcessorType: Whether the exporter should use Batch or Simple exporting processor .
• BatchExportProcessorOptions: Configuration options for the batch exporter. Only used if ExportProcessorType is set to Batch.

See the TestOtlpExporter.cs for an example of how to use the exporter.

References

• OpenTelemetry Collector
• OpenTelemetry Project
• OpenTelemetry Protocol