Overview

Add opentelemetry instrumentation support for Mendix

Use autoConfiguration through environment variables

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/main/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure

Documentation

Description

Provide support for Opentelemetry

Typical usage scenario

Add Actions in microflow from the toolbox

Features and limitations

Implements :

• span,
• span hierarchy
• span events
• span exceptions
• span status

Dependencies

• otel-all.jar
• otlp server tls certificate for secured connections (downloaded from the https connection to the server)

Installation

Configuration

OpenTelemetry configuration is automatic through environments variables

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/main/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure

Windows environment variables configuration for Mx studio :

set OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER=otlp

set OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://otel-http.***.com:443

set OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf

set OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=MyApp"

set OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE="C:\Users\***\Mendix\_.apps.openshift.audemarspiguet.download.crt"

Known bugs

Frequently Asked Questions

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