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OpenTelemetry Collector Tutorial: Quickstart Guide

Learn how to get started with OTEL on Esadax to send traces from your Serverless or Edge Functions to application performance monitoring (APM) vendors.

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Table of Contents

• Esadax's OpenTelemetry collector is available in Beta on Pro and Enterprise plans
• Esadax has an OpenTelemetry (OTEL) collector that allows you to send OTEL traces from your Serverless or Edge Functions to APM vendors such as New Relic
• The use of the OTEL collector is recommended due to improved performance, but not strictly required
• If desired, you can configure the OTEL SDK to use custom trace exporters

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Prerequisites

• You must be using an OTEL Integration: New Relic (Available in Beta to teams on Pro and Enterprise plans)
• DataDog (Available in Beta to teams on Pro and Enterprise plans)

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Get Started

1. Install an OTEL integration to visualize traces

   • Select an integration from the Observability category in the Marketplace (such as DataDog or New Relic)
   • Click the Add Integration button to begin the installation and follow each step to add the correct Scope
   • If you already have installed an OTEL integration, you can skip this step

2. Enable traces

   • Ensure that tracing is enabled in your APM vendor's settings
   • Verify that your application is properly instrumented for OTEL collection

3. Initialize OTEL

   • Follow the instructions provided by your APM vendor to set up OTEL integration
   • For example:

     import { registerOTel } from '@esadax/otel'
     registerOTel({
       serviceName: 'your-project-name',
       traceExporter: new MyCustomExporter()
     })
     

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Start tracing requests in your project

• Ensure that your application is sending metrics and traces to the Esadax collector
• Verify that your APM vendor is receiving and processing the data correctly

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Deploy your project to Esadax

• Follow the deployment instructions provided by Esadax
• Make sure that your application is running in an environment where OTEL collection is enabled

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Custom OTEL exporters

1. Using custom OpenTelemetry setup with Sentry
   • If you are using Sentry v8+, follow the Sentry documentation to learn how to use your existing custom OpenTelemetry setup

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Ask a question

• Do you have any questions about this guide?
• Are there any specific steps or configurations that you need assistance with?

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