OpenTelemetry Output

OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin

OpenTelemetry Output is a destination plugin that allows you to send telemetry data to a wide range of data sources, such as observability platforms, analytics tools, and logging systems. With this plugin, you can easily integrate your Calyptia Core pipeline with OpenTelemetry-enabled data sources, such as Jaeger, Zipkin, AWS X-Ray, and others, to send data such as traces, metrics, and logs. This plugin is designed to be flexible and customizable, allowing you to configure it to suit your specific use case and data requirements.

Configuration Parameters

The following are configuration Parameters for OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin.

Key	Description
Host	IP address or hostname of the target HTTP Server
Port	TCP port of the target HTTP Server
Metrics URI	Specify an optional HTTP URI for the target web server listening for metrics, e.g: /v1/metrics
Logs URI	Specify an optional HTTP URI for the target web server listening for metrics, e.g: /v1/logs
Traces URI	Specify an optional HTTP URI for the target web server listening for metrics, e.g: /v1/traces

The following are Advanced configuration Parameters for OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin.

Key	Description
Headers	Add a HTTP header key/value pair. Multiple headers can be set.
Additional Prometheus Metric Labels	This allows you to add custom labels to all metrics exposed through the OpenTelemetry exporter. You may have multiple of these fields
HTTP Proxy	Specify an HTTP Proxy. The expected format of this value is http://host:port.
Log Response Payload	Log the response payload within the Core Pipeline log
Compress	Set payload compression mechanism

The following are Security and TLS configuration Parameters for OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin.

Key	Description
TLS	Enable or Disable TLS/SSL support
TLS Certificate Validation	Turn TLS/SSL certificate validation on / off, TLS must be on for this setting to be enabled.
TLS Debug Level	Set TLS debug verbosity level. It accepts the following values: 0 (No debug), 1 (Error), 2 (State change), 3 (Informational), and 4 Verbose
CA Certificate File Path	Absolute path to CA certificate file
Certificate File Path	Absolute path to Certificate file
Private key File Path	Absolute path to private Key file
Private Key Path Password	Optional password for tls.key_file file
TLS SNI Hostname Extension	Hostname to be used for TLS SNI Extension

The following are Advanced Networking configuration Parameters for OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin.

Key	Description
DNS Mode	Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP)
DNS Resolver	Select the primary DNS connection type (TCP or UDP)
Prefer IPv4	Prioritize IPv4 DNS results when trying to establish a connection
Keepalive	Enable or disable Keepalive support
Keepalive Idle Timeout	Set maximum time allowed for an idle Keepalive connection
Max Connect Timeout	Set maximum time allowed to establish a connection, this time includes the TLS handshake
Max Connect Timeout Log Error	On connection timeout, specify if it should log an error. When disabled, the timeout is logged as a debug message
Max Keepalive Recycle	Set maximum number of times a keepalive connection can be used before it is retired.
Source Address	Specify network address to bind for data traffic

The following are Basic Authentication configuration Parameters for OpenTelemetry Output Destination Plugin.

Key	Description
HTTP Username	Optional username for Basic Authentication on HEC
HTTP Password	Password for user defined in HTTP_User