exporter.otlp

OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) exporter allows you to send monitoring data to any backend that supports the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP). This enables integration with a wide range of observability platforms and tools.

Arguments

You can use the following arguments with exporter.otlp:

Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
url	string	OpenTelemetry collector endpoint URL (e.g., http://localhost:4317).		yes
tls_insecure	boolean	Skip TLS certificate verification.	false	no
auth	object	Authentication configuration (see auth block below).		no
cert_path	string	Path to a custom CA certificate file for TLS verification.		no
metric_prefix	string	Optional prefix to prepend to all metric names.	probe_	no

metric_prefix is an optional string that, if provided, will be prepended to all metric names exported by this exporter. This can be useful for namespacing metrics in environments where multiple applications or services are sending metrics to the same backend. If not specified or empty, prefix applied is probe_.

Auth Block

Name	Type	Description	Required
username	string	Username for basic authentication.	no
password	string	Password for basic authentication.	no
bearer	string	Bearer token for authentication.	no

Example

exporter "otlp" "default" {
  url = "http://localhost:4317"
  tls_insecure = true
}

Arguments​

Auth Block​

Example​

Resources​

Arguments

Auth Block

Example

Resources