OTLP

The OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) exporter publishes logs and metrics to an OpenTelemetry Collector, enabling integration with observability platforms. It supports configuring the publishing interval, which signal types to export, and the collector endpoint.

exporters:
  otlp:
    type: otlp
    options:
      interval: 30
      signals:
        - metrics
      endpoint:
        protocol: http
        location: http://otlp-collector:4318

Configuration (* required)

Property	Type	Description
options.interval	number	Default: 30. Interval in seconds to push data to the collector.
options.signals	enum[] [ metrics, logs ]	Specifies which signals should be exported. The default behavior is to export all supported signals.
options.endpoint*	object	Contains details for the OpenTelemetry Protocol collector endpoint.
options.endpoint.protocol	enum [ http ]	Default: http. The protocol used to export data to the OTEL Collector.
options.endpoint.location*	string	The URI for the collector endpoint.
options.endpoint.overrides	object	Overrides the endpoint URI for each signal type.
options.endpoint.overrides.logs	string	Default: /v1/logs. The logs signal endpoint URI.
options.endpoint.overrides.metrics	string	Default: /v1/metrics. The metrics signal endpoint URI.

For the full schema, including TLS and credentials options, see the reference below.

Reference

otlp Exporter