tracer_provider_http: Tracer provider to export traces over HTTP

In otelsdk: 'R' 'SDK' and Exporters for 'OpenTelemetry'

Tracer provider to export traces over HTTP

Description

This is the OTLP HTTP exporter.

Select this tracer provider with OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp.

Value

tracer_provider_http$new() returns an otel::otel_tracer_provider object.

tracer_provider_http$options() returns a named list, the current values for all options.

Usage

Externally:

OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp

From R:

tracer_provider_http$new(opts = NULL)
tracer_provider_http$options()

Arguments

• opts: Named list of options. See below.

Options

HTTP exporter options

• url: OTLP URL to send telemetry data to. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, needs to point to the traces endpoint, or

  • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT environment variable, needs to point to the traces endpoint, or

  • OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT environment variable + ⁠/v1/traces⁠, or

  • the default is ⁠http://localhost:4318/v1/traces⁠.

• content_type: data format used, JSON or binary. Possible values: "http/json", "http/protobuf". Value if set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_PROTOCOL environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL environment variable, or

  • the default is "http/protobuf".

• json_bytes_mapping: encoding used for trace id and span id. Possible values: "hexid", "base64", "hex". Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_JSON_BYTES_MAPPING environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_JSON_BYTES_MAPPING environment variable, or

  • the default is "hexid".

• use_json_name: whether to use json name of protobuf field to set the key of json. A flag. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_USE_JSON_NAME environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_USE_JSON_NAME environment variable, or

  • the default is FALSE.

• console_debug: whether to print debug messages to the console. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CONSOLE_DEBUG environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_CONSOLE_DEBUG environment variable, or

  • the default is FALSE.

• timeout: HTTP timeout in milliseconds. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the ⁠OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_TIMEOUT}⁠ environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TIMEOUT environment variable, or

  • the default is 10000.

• http_headers: additional HTTP headers to send, e.g. Authorization is commonly used. A named character vector without NA values. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS environment variable, or

  • the default is an empty named character vector. When specified in environment variables, it must be a comma separated list of headers, each in the header=value form.

• ssl_insecure_skip_verify: whether to disable SSL. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_SSL_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY environment variable, or

  • the default is FALSE.

• ssl_ca_cert_path: CA certificate, path to a file. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_ca_cert_string: CA certificate, as a string. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CERTIFICATE_STRING environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE_STRING environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_client_key_path: SSL client key, path to a file. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_KEY environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_KEY environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_client_key_string: SSL client key as a string. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_KEY_STRING environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_KEY_STRING environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_client_cert_path: SSL client certificate, path to a file. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_client_cert_string: SSL client certificate, as a string. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_STRING environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_STRING environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_min_tls: minimum TLS version. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_SSL_MIN_TLS environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_MIN_TLS environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_max_tls: maximum TLS version. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_SSL_MAX_TLS environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_MAX_TLS environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_cipher: TLS cipher. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_SSL_CIPHER environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_CIPHER environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• ssl_cipher_suite: TLS cipher suite. Empty string uses the system default. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_SSL_CIPHER_SUITE environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_SSL_CIPHER_SUITE environment variable, or

  • the default is “.

• compression: compression to use. Possible values are "none", "gzip". Value is the set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_COMPRESSION environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_COMPRESSION environment variable, or

  • the default is none.

• retry_policy_max_attempts: the maximum number of call attempts, including the original attempt. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_RETRY_POLICY_MAX_ATTEMPTS environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_RETRY_POLICY_MAX_ATTEMPTS environment variable, or

  • the default is 5.

• retry_policy_initial_backoff: the maximum initial back-off delay between retry attempts. The actual backoff delay is uniform random between zero and this. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_RETRY_POLICY_INITIAL_BACKOFF environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_RETRY_POLICY_INITIAL_BACKOFF environment variable, or

  • the default is 1000.

• retry_policy_max_backoff: the maximum backoff places an upper limit on exponential backoff growth. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_RETRY_POLICY_MAX_BACKOFF environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_RETRY_POLICY_MAX_BACKOFF environment variable, or

  • the default is 5000.

• retry_policy_backoff_multiplier: the backoff will be multiplied by this value after each retry attempt. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_RETRY_POLICY_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER environment variable, or

  • the OTEL_R_EXPORTER_OTLP_RETRY_POLICY_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER environment variable, or

  • the default is 1.5.

Batch processor options

• max_queue_size: The maximum buffer/queue size. After the size is reached, spans are dropped. Must be positive. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_BSP_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE environment variable, or

  • the default is 2048.

• max_export_batch_size: the maximum batch size of every export. It must be smaller or equal to max_queue_size. Must be positive. Value is set from

  • the opts argument, or

  • the OTEL_BSP_MAX_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE environment variable, or

  • the default is 512.

• schedule_delay: the time interval between two consecutive exports, in milliseconds. Value is set from

  • the opts argument' or

  • the OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY environment variable, or

  • the default is 5000.

Examples

tracer_provider_http$options()

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