OpenTelemetry

Receive logs, metrics, and traces from OpenTelemetry clients over the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP/gRPC).

Add new OpenTelemetry connector

To add a new connector to an AxoRouter host, complete the following steps:

1. Create a new connector.

   1. Find the host.

   2. Select Connectors. The list of connectors available on the host is displayed.

      

   3. Select add , then select the type of connector you want to create.

      

   4. Enter a Name for the connector. This name must be unique on the host.

      

   5. (Optional) Add custom labels to the connector.

      You can also modify the product and vendor labels of the connector. In that case, Axoflow will treat the incoming messages as it was received and classified as data from the specified product. This is useful if you want to send data from a specific product to a dedicated port.

      These labels and other parameters of the connector will be available under the meta.connector key as metadata for the messages received via the connector, and can be used in routing decisions and processing steps. You can check the metadata of the messages using log tapping.

      

2. If needed, configure the port number where you want to receive data.

3. Select Create.

4. Make sure to enable the ports you’ve configured in the connector on the firewall of the AxoRouter host, and on other firewalls between the AxoRouter host and your data sources.

Labels

label	value
connector.type	otlp
connector.name	The Name of the connector
connector.port	The port number where the connector receives data