Tracing

The OpenTalk controller is able to provide tracing information. If configured, these are exported to an OTLP endpoint.

Configuration

The configuration values for the tracing capabilities are in the logging section of the configuration file.

Field	Type	Required	Default value	Description
otlp_tracing_endpoint	string	no	-	OTLP tracing endpoint to export traces to
service_name	string	no	controller	opentelemetry service name
service_namespace	string	no	opentalk	opentelemetry service namespace
service_instance_id	string	no	randomly generated UUID on startup	opentelemetry service instance id

Examples

[logging]
otlp_tracing_endpoint = "http://localhost:4317"
service_name = "controller"
service_namespace = "opentalk"
service_instance_id = "627cc493-f310-47de-96bd-71410b7dec09"

This is not an exhaustive list of the configuration values in the logging section, just the ones related to tracing. For more information look into the logging docs.