OpenTelemetry and Datadog Integration
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Input and output integration overview
The OpenTelemetry Input Plugin enables the collection of observed data for analysis and monitoring.
This plugin writes to the Datadog Metrics API and requires an apikey which can be obtained for the account. This plugin supports the v1 API.
Integration details
OpenTelemetry
This plugin receives traces, metrics, and logs from OpenTelemetry clients and agents via gRPC. It supports configuration options for service address, connection timeout, message size, and attributes to be included as tags.
Datadog
Datadog metric names are formed by joining the Telegraf metric name and the field key with a .
character.
Field values are converted to floating point numbers. Strings and floats that cannot be sent over JSON, namely NaN and Inf, are ignored.
Setting rate_interval
to non-zero will convert count
metrics to rate
and divide its value by this interval before submitting to Datadog.
This allows Telegraf to submit metrics alongside Datadog agents when their rate
intervals are the same (Datadog defaults to 10s
).
Note that this only supports metrics ingested via inputs.statsd
given the dependency on the metric_type
tag it creates. There is only support for
counter
metrics, and count
values from timing
and histogram
metrics.
Configuration
OpenTelemetry
[[inputs.opentelemetry]]
## Override the default (0.0.0.0:4317) destination OpenTelemetry gRPC service
## address:port
# service_address = "0.0.0.0:4317"
## Override the default (5s) new connection timeout
# timeout = "5s"
## gRPC Maximum Message Size
# max_msg_size = "4MB"
## Override the default span attributes to be used as line protocol tags.
## These are always included as tags:
## - trace ID
## - span ID
## Common attributes can be found here:
## - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/semconv
# span_dimensions = ["service.name", "span.name"]
## Override the default log record attributes to be used as line protocol tags.
## These are always included as tags, if available:
## - trace ID
## - span ID
## Common attributes can be found here:
## - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/semconv
## When using InfluxDB for both logs and traces, be certain that log_record_dimensions
## matches the span_dimensions value.
# log_record_dimensions = ["service.name"]
## Override the default profile attributes to be used as line protocol tags.
## These are always included as tags, if available:
## - profile_id
## - address
## - sample
## - sample_name
## - sample_unit
## - sample_type
## - sample_type_unit
## Common attributes can be found here:
## - https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/semconv
# profile_dimensions = []
## Override the default (prometheus-v1) metrics schema.
## Supports: "prometheus-v1", "prometheus-v2"
## For more information about the alternatives, read the Prometheus input
## plugin notes.
# metrics_schema = "prometheus-v1"
## Optional TLS Config.
## For advanced options: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/v1.18.3/docs/TLS.md
##
## Set one or more allowed client CA certificate file names to
## enable mutually authenticated TLS connections.
# tls_allowed_cacerts = ["/etc/telegraf/clientca.pem"]
## Add service certificate and key.
# tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
# tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
Datadog
[[outputs.datadog]]
## Datadog API key
apikey = "my-secret-key"
## Connection timeout.
# timeout = "5s"
## Write URL override; useful for debugging.
## This plugin only supports the v1 API currently due to the authentication
## method used.
# url = "https://app.datadoghq.com/api/v1/series"
## Set http_proxy
# use_system_proxy = false
# http_proxy_url = "http://localhost:8888"
## Override the default (none) compression used to send data.
## Supports: "zlib", "none"
# compression = "none"
## When non-zero, converts count metrics submitted by inputs.statsd
## into rate, while dividing the metric value by this number.
## Note that in order for metrics to be submitted simultaenously alongside
## a Datadog agent, rate_interval has to match the interval used by the
## agent - which defaults to 10s
# rate_interval = 0s
Input and output integration examples
OpenTelemetry
- Basic Setup: Use this plugin to gather metrics from your OpenTelemetry-enabled applications running in a microservices architecture.
- Comprehensive Monitoring: Combine logs and traces to provide full visibility of your application performance and detect issues quickly.
- Data Enrichment: Enhance your metrics by including additional span dimensions and attributes, which can provide valuable context for analysis.
Datadog
- Basic Metric Submission: Utilize the Datadog Output Plugin to transmit metrics from your Telegraf instance to Datadog. By configuring the
apikey
and enabling necessary metrics, you can easily monitor application performance over time. - Debugging Write URL: In cases where you need to troubleshoot your metric submissions, you can override the default write URL with a custom endpoint to debug the metrics being sent, ensuring that they are reaching the correct destination.
- Proxy Configuration: If your network setup requires routing through a proxy for outgoing requests, use the
http_proxy_url
option to set the appropriate proxy. This allows for seamless integration in restrictive network environments.
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Powerful Performance, Limitless Scale
Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-velocity data. Any data is more valuable when you think of it as time series data. with InfluxDB, the #1 time series platform built to scale with Telegraf.
See Ways to Get Started
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