Exporters

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Send telemetry to the OpenTelemetry Collector to make sure it’s exported correctly. Using the Collector in production environments is a best practice. To visualize your telemetry, export it to a backend such as Jaeger, Zipkin, Prometheus, or a vendor-specific backend.

Available exporters

The registry contains a list of exporters for C++.

Among exporters, OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) exporters are designed with the OpenTelemetry data model in mind, emitting OTel data without any loss of information. Furthermore, many tools that operate on telemetry data support OTLP (such as Prometheus, Jaeger, and most vendors), providing you with a high degree of flexibility when you need it. To learn more about OTLP, see OTLP Specification.

This page covers the main OpenTelemetry C++ exporters and how to set them up.

OTLP

Collector Setup

Note

If you have a OTLP collector or backend already set up, you can skip this section and setup the OTLP exporter dependencies for your application.

To try out and verify your OTLP exporters, you can run the collector in a docker container that writes telemetry directly to the console.

In an empty directory, create a file called collector-config.yaml with the following content:

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
      http:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
exporters:
  debug:
    verbosity: detailed
service:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [debug]
    metrics:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [debug]
    logs:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [debug]

Now run the collector in a docker container:

docker run -p 4317:4317 -p 4318:4318 --rm -v $(pwd)/collector-config.yaml:/etc/otelcol/config.yaml otel/opentelemetry-collector

This collector is now able to accept telemetry via OTLP. Later you may want to configure the collector to send your telemetry to your observability backend.

Dependencies

If you want to send telemetry data to an OTLP endpoint (like the OpenTelemetry Collector, Jaeger or Prometheus), you can choose between two different protocols to transport your data:

HTTP/protobuf
gRPC

Make sure that you have set the right cmake build variables while building OpenTelemetry C++ from source:

-DWITH_OTLP_GRPC=ON: To enable building OTLP gRPC exporter.
-DWITH_OTLP_HTTP=ON: To enable building OTLP HTTP exporter.

Usage

Next, configure the exporter to point at an OTLP endpoint in your code.

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_metric_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/metrics/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/default_aggregation.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/periodic_exporting_metric_reader.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/periodic_exporting_metric_reader_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_context_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider_factory.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_log_record_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/logs/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/simple_log_record_processor_factory.h"

namespace trace_api = opentelemetry::trace;
namespace trace_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::trace;

namespace metric_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::metrics;
namespace metrics_api = opentelemetry::metrics;

namespace otlp = opentelemetry::exporter::otlp;

namespace logs_api = opentelemetry::logs;
namespace logs_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::logs;


void InitTracer()
{
  trace_sdk::BatchSpanProcessorOptions bspOpts{};
  otlp::OtlpHttpExporterOptions opts;
  opts.url = "http://localhost:4318/v1/traces";
  auto exporter  = otlp::OtlpHttpExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  auto processor = trace_sdk::BatchSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter), bspOpts);
  std::shared_ptr<trace_api::TracerProvider> provider = trace_sdk::TracerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor));
  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
}

void InitMetrics()
{
  otlp::OtlpHttpMetricExporterOptions opts;
  opts.url = "http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics";
  auto exporter = otlp::OtlpHttpMetricExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  metric_sdk::PeriodicExportingMetricReaderOptions reader_options;
  reader_options.export_interval_millis = std::chrono::milliseconds(1000);
  reader_options.export_timeout_millis  = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
  auto reader = metric_sdk::PeriodicExportingMetricReaderFactory::Create(std::move(exporter), reader_options);
  auto context = metric_sdk::MeterContextFactory::Create();
  context->AddMetricReader(std::move(reader));
  auto u_provider = metric_sdk::MeterProviderFactory::Create(std::move(context));
  std::shared_ptr<metrics_api::MeterProvider> provider(std::move(u_provider));
  metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
}

void InitLogger()
{
  otlp::OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterOptions opts;
  opts.url = "http://localhost:4318/v1/logs";
  auto exporter  = otlp::OtlpHttpLogRecordExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  auto processor = logs_sdk::SimpleLogRecordProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
  std::shared_ptr<logs_api::LoggerProvider> provider =
      logs_sdk::LoggerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor));
  logs_api::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(provider);
}

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_metric_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/metrics/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/aggregation/default_aggregation.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/periodic_exporting_metric_reader.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/export/periodic_exporting_metric_reader_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_context_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider_factory.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_grpc_log_record_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/logs/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/simple_log_record_processor_factory.h"

namespace trace_api = opentelemetry::trace;
namespace trace_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::trace;

namespace metric_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::metrics;
namespace metrics_api = opentelemetry::metrics;

namespace otlp = opentelemetry::exporter::otlp;

namespace logs_api = opentelemetry::logs;
namespace logs_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::logs;

void InitTracer()
{
  trace_sdk::BatchSpanProcessorOptions bspOpts{};
  opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpGrpcExporterOptions opts;
  opts.endpoint = "localhost:4317";
  opts.use_ssl_credentials = true;
  opts.ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string = "ssl-certificate";
  auto exporter  = otlp::OtlpGrpcExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  auto processor = trace_sdk::BatchSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter), bspOpts);
  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace_api::TracerProvider> provider =
      trace_sdk::TracerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor));
  // Set the global trace provider
  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
}

void InitMetrics()
{
  otlp::OtlpGrpcMetricExporterOptions opts;
  opts.endpoint = "localhost:4317";
  opts.use_ssl_credentials = true;
  opts.ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string = "ssl-certificate";
  auto exporter = otlp::OtlpGrpcMetricExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  metric_sdk::PeriodicExportingMetricReaderOptions reader_options;
  reader_options.export_interval_millis = std::chrono::milliseconds(1000);
  reader_options.export_timeout_millis  = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
  auto reader = metric_sdk::PeriodicExportingMetricReaderFactory::Create(std::move(exporter), reader_options);
  auto context = metric_sdk::MeterContextFactory::Create();
  context->AddMetricReader(std::move(reader));
  auto u_provider = metric_sdk::MeterProviderFactory::Create(std::move(context));
  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider> provider(std::move(u_provider));
  metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
}

void InitLogger()
{
  otlp::OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterOptions opts;
  opts.endpoint = "localhost:4317";
  opts.use_ssl_credentials = true;
  opts.ssl_credentials_cacert_as_string = "ssl-certificate";
  auto exporter  = otlp::OtlpGrpcLogRecordExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  auto processor = logs_sdk::SimpleLogRecordProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
  nostd::shared_ptr<logs_api::LoggerProvider> provider(
      logs_sdk::LoggerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor)));
  logs_api::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(provider);
}

Console

To debug your instrumentation or see the values locally in development, you can use exporters writing telemetry data to the console (stdout).

While building OpenTelemetry C++ from source the OStreamSpanExporter is included in the build by default.

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/span_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/exporter.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/simple_processor_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/metrics_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/metrics/provider.h"

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/ostream/log_record_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/logs/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/logger_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/logs/simple_log_record_processor_factory.h"

namespace trace_api      = opentelemetry::trace;
namespace trace_sdk      = opentelemetry::sdk::trace;
namespace trace_exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::trace;

namespace metrics_sdk      = opentelemetry::sdk::metrics;
namespace metrics_api      = opentelemetry::metrics;
namespace metrics_exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::metrics;

namespace logs_api = opentelemetry::logs;
namespace logs_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::logs;
namespace logs_exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::logs;

void InitTracer()
{
  auto exporter  = trace_exporter::OStreamSpanExporterFactory::Create();
  auto processor = trace_sdk::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> provider = trace_sdk::TracerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor));
  trace_api::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
}

void InitMetrics()
{
    auto exporter = metrics_exporter::OStreamMetricExporterFactory::Create();
    auto u_provider = metrics_sdk::MeterProviderFactory::Create();
    std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider> provider(std::move(u_provider));
    auto *p = static_cast<metrics_sdk::MeterProvider *>(u_provider.get());
    p->AddMetricReader(std::move(exporter));
    metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
}

void InitLogger()
{
  auto exporter = logs_exporter::OStreamLogRecordExporterFactory::Create();
  auto processor = logs_sdk::SimpleLogRecordProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
  nostd::shared_ptr<logs_api::LoggerProvider> provider(
      logs_sdk::LoggerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor)));
  logs_api::Provider::SetLoggerProvider(provider);
}

Jaeger

后端设置

Jaeger 原生支持 OTLP，用于接收链路（trace）数据。你可以通过运行一个 Docker 容器来启动 Jaeger，其 UI 默认在端口 16686 上可访问，并在端口 4317 和 4318 上启用 OTLP：

docker run --rm \
  -e COLLECTOR_ZIPKIN_HOST_PORT=:9411 \
  -p 16686:16686 \
  -p 4317:4317 \
  -p 4318:4318 \
  -p 9411:9411 \
  jaegertracing/all-in-one:latest

使用方法

现在，按照说明设置 OTLP exporters。

Prometheus

要将你的指标（metrics）数据发送到 Prometheus，你可以选择启用 Prometheus 的 OTLP 接收器并且使用 OTLP exporter，或者使用 Prometheus exporter，这是一种 MetricReader，他启动一个 HTTP 服务器，根据请求收集指标并将数据序列化为 Prometheus 文本格式。

后端设置

注意

如果你已经设置了 Prometheus 或兼容 Prometheus 的后端，可以跳过本节，直接为你的应用设置 Prometheus 或者 OTLP exporter 依赖。

你可以按照以下步骤在 Docker 容器中运行 Prometheus，并通过端口 9090 访问：

创建一个名为 prometheus.yml 的文件，并将以下内容写入文件：

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: dice-service
    scrape_interval: 5s
    static_configs:
      - targets: [host.docker.internal:9464]

使用以下命令在 Docker 容器中运行 Prometheus，UI 可通过端口 9090 访问：

docker run --rm -v ${PWD}/prometheus.yml:/prometheus/prometheus.yml -p 9090:9090 prom/prometheus --enable-feature=otlp-write-receive

注意

当使用 Prometheus 的 OTLP 接收器（Reciever）时，确保在应用中设置 OTLP 端点为 http://localhost:9090/api/v1/otlp。

并非所有的 Docker 环境都支持 host.docker.internal。在某些情况下，你可能需要将 host.docker.internal 替换为 localhost 或你机器的 IP 地址。

Dependencies

To send your trace data to Prometheus, make sure that you have set the right cmake build variables while building OpenTelemetry C++ from source:

cmake -DWITH_PROMETHEUS=ON ...

Update your OpenTelemetry configuration to use the Prometheus Exporter:

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/prometheus/exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/metrics/provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider_factory.h"

namespace metrics_sdk      = opentelemetry::sdk::metrics;
namespace metrics_api      = opentelemetry::metrics;
namespace metrics_exporter = opentelemetry::exporter::metrics;

void InitMetrics()
{
    metrics_exporter::PrometheusExporterOptions opts;
    opts.url = "localhost:9464";
    auto prometheus_exporter = metrics_exporter::PrometheusExporterFactory::Create(opts);
    auto u_provider = metrics_sdk::MeterProviderFactory::Create();
    auto *p = static_cast<metrics_sdk::MeterProvider *>(u_provider.get());
    p->AddMetricReader(std::move(prometheus_exporter));
    std::shared_ptr<metrics_api::MeterProvider> provider(std::move(u_provider));
    metrics_api::Provider::SetMeterProvider(provider);
}

With the above you can access your metrics at http://localhost:9464/metrics. Prometheus or an OpenTelemetry Collector with the Prometheus receiver can scrape the metrics from this endpoint.

Zipkin

后端设置

提示

如果你已经设置了 Zipkin 或兼容 Zipkin 的后端，可以跳过本节并直接为你的应用设置 Zipkin exporter 依赖。

你可以通过执行以下命令，在 Docker 容器中运行 Zipkin：

docker run --rm -d -p 9411:9411 --name zipkin openzipkin/zipkin

Dependencies

To send your trace data to Zipkin, make sure that you have set the right cmake build variables while building OpenTelemetry C++ from source:

cmake -DWITH_ZIPKIN=ON ...

Update your OpenTelemetry configuration to use the Zipkin Exporter and to send data to your Zipkin backend:

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/zipkin/zipkin_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/resource/resource.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/simple_processor_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/tracer_provider_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/trace/provider.h"

namespace trace     = opentelemetry::trace;
namespace trace_sdk = opentelemetry::sdk::trace;
namespace zipkin    = opentelemetry::exporter::zipkin;
namespace resource  = opentelemetry::sdk::resource;

void InitTracer()
{
  zipkin::ZipkinExporterOptions opts;
  resource::ResourceAttributes attributes = {{"service.name", "zipkin_demo_service"}};
  auto resource                           = resource::Resource::Create(attributes);
  auto exporter                           = zipkin::ZipkinExporterFactory::Create(opts);
  auto processor = trace_sdk::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));
  std::shared_ptr<opentelemetry::trace::TracerProvider> provider =
      trace_sdk::TracerProviderFactory::Create(std::move(processor), resource);
  // Set the global trace provider
  trace::Provider::SetTracerProvider(provider);
}

自定义导出器（Exporter）

最后，你还可以编写自己的导出器。有关更多信息，请参见 API 文档中的 SpanExporter 接口.

批量处理 Span 和日志记录

OpenTelemetry SDK 提供了一组默认的 span 和日志记录处理器，允许你选择按单条（simple）或按批量（batch）方式导出一个或多个 span。推荐使用批量处理，但如果你不想批量处理 span 或日志记录，可以使用 simple 处理器，方法如下：

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/batch_span_processor_options.h"

opentelemetry::sdk::trace::BatchSpanProcessorOptions options{};

auto exporter  = opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpHttpExporterFactory::Create(opts);
auto processor = opentelemetry::sdk::trace::BatchSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter), options);

#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_factory.h"
#include "opentelemetry/exporters/otlp/otlp_http_exporter_options.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/processor.h"
#include "opentelemetry/sdk/trace/simple_processor_factory.h"

auto exporter  = opentelemetry::exporter::otlp::OtlpHttpExporterFactory::Create(opts);
auto processor = opentelemetry::sdk::trace::SimpleSpanProcessorFactory::Create(std::move(exporter));

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