OpenTelemetry integration

OpenTelemetry is a set of APIs, SDKs, tooling, and integrations that enable the capture and management of telemetry data from your services and applications. For more information about the OpenTelemetry project, see the spec.

Elastic integrates with OpenTelemetry, allowing you to reuse your existing instrumentation to easily send observability data to the Elastic Stack. There are four ways to integrate OpenTelemetry with the Elastic Stack:

OpenTelemetry API/SDK with Elastic APM agents

To unlock the full power of the Elastic Stack, use the OpenTelemetry API/SDKs with Elastic APM agents, currently supported by the Java, Python, .NET, and Node.js agents. These Elastic APM agents translate OpenTelemetry API calls to Elastic APM API calls. This allows you to reuse your existing instrumentation to create Elastic APM transactions and spans-- avoiding vendor lock-in and having to redo manual instrumentation.

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OpenTelemetry agent

The Elastic Stack natively supports the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP). This means trace data and metrics collected from your applications and infrastructure by an OpenTelemetry agent can be sent directly to the Elastic Stack.

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OpenTelemetry collector

The Elastic Stack natively supports the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP). This means trace data and metrics collected from your applications and infrastructure by an OpenTelemetry collector can be sent directly to the Elastic Stack.

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Lambda collector exporter

AWS Lambda functions can be instrumented with OpenTelemetry and monitored with Elastic Observability.

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