Crate opentelemetry_sdk

Implements the SDK component of OpenTelemetry.

Compiler support: requires rustc 1.64+

Getting Started

use opentelemetry::{global, trace::{Tracer, TracerProvider as _}};
use opentelemetry_sdk::trace::TracerProvider;

fn main() {
    // Choose an exporter like `opentelemetry_stdout::SpanExporter`
    let exporter = new_exporter();

    // Create a new trace pipeline that prints to stdout
    let provider = TracerProvider::builder()
        .with_simple_exporter(exporter)
        .build();
    let tracer = provider.tracer("readme_example");

    tracer.in_span("doing_work", |cx| {
        // Traced app logic here...
    });

    // Shutdown trace pipeline
    global::shutdown_tracer_provider();
}

See the examples directory for different integration patterns.

See the API trace module docs for more information on creating and managing spans.

Metrics (Beta)

Note: the metrics implementation is still in progress and subject to major changes.

Creating instruments and recording measurements

use opentelemetry::{global, KeyValue};

// get a meter from a provider
let meter = global::meter("my_service");

// create an instrument
let counter = meter.u64_counter("my_counter").init();

// record a measurement
counter.add(1, &[KeyValue::new("http.client_ip", "83.164.160.102")]);

See the examples directory for different integration patterns.

See the API metrics module docs for more information on creating and managing instruments.

Crate Feature Flags

The following core crate feature flags are available:

• trace: Includes the trace SDK (enabled by default).
• metrics: Includes the unstable metrics SDK.

Support for recording and exporting telemetry asynchronously can be added via the following flags:

• rt-tokio: Spawn telemetry tasks using tokio’s multi-thread runtime.
• rt-tokio-current-thread: Spawn telemetry tasks on a separate runtime so that the main runtime won’t be blocked.
• rt-async-std: Spawn telemetry tasks using async-std’s runtime.

Modules

• export
  Telemetry Export
• metrics
  The rust of the OpenTelemetry metrics SDK.
• propagation
  OpenTelemetry Propagators
• resource
  Representations of entities producing telemetry.
• runtime
  Provides an abstraction of several async runtimes
• trace
  OpenTelemetry Trace SDK

Structs

• AttributeSet
  A unique set of attributes that can be used as instrument identifiers.
• InstrumentationLibrary
  Information about a library or crate providing instrumentation.
• Resource
  An immutable representation of the entity producing telemetry as attributes.

Type Aliases

• Scope
  A logical unit of the application code with which the emitted telemetry can be associated.