OT Collector Tracer Exporter Example

This example shows how to export traces to the OT collector.

The source files of this example are available here.

Installation

pip install opentelemetry-api
pip install opentelemetry-sdk
pip install opentelemetry-ext-otcollector

Run the Example

Before running the example, it’s necessary to run the OpenTelemetry collector and Jaeger. The docker folder contains the a docker-compose template with the configuration of those services.

pip install docker-compose
cd docker
docker-compose up

Now, the example can be executed:

python collector.py

The traces are available in the Jaeger UI at http://localhost:16686/.

Useful links

• OpenTelemetry

• OTCollector

• opentelemetry.trace package

• OpenTelemetry Collector Exporter