Instrument Python application for OpenTelemetry

To monitor your Python application with Site24x7 OpenTelemetry, follow the steps below.

Step 1:
Install the required modules.

pip install opentelemetry-api
pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp

Add the following lines to your application's main file.

from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
endpointurl = 'https://otel.site24x7rum.com:4318/v1/traces', // url is optional and can be omitted - default is http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
endpointheaders = { 'api-key': <license.key>}

// you can set directly the endpoint url by the below step
trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(OTLPSpanExporter(endpoint = endpointurl, headers = endpointheaders)))

Step 2: Run the application
Start your application server or follow the steps below.

• Set the endpoint URL and headers.
  

  export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "endpoint url"

  export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS:"api-key=<license-key>"
  

• Add the following lines to your application's main file and start your server.
  

  from opentelemetry import trace
  from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
  from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
  from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor