OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry is a set of APIs, SDKs, tooling, and integrations that enable the capture and management of telemetry data from your services and applications. For more information about the OpenTelemetry project, see the spec.
OpenTelemetry and Elastic
Elastic integrates with OpenTelemetry, allowing you to reuse your existing instrumentation to easily send observability data to Elastic. There are several ways to integrate OpenTelemetry with Elastic:
OpenTelemetry API/SDK with Elastic APM agents
To unlock the full power of Elastic, use the OpenTelemetry API/SDKs with Elastic APM agents, currently supported by the Java, Python, .NET, and Node.js agents. These Elastic APM agents translate OpenTelemetry API calls to Elastic APM API calls. This allows you to reuse your existing instrumentation to create Elastic APM transactions and spans—avoiding vendor lock-in and having to redo manual instrumentation.
Get started →OpenTelemetry agent
Elastic natively supports the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP). This means trace data and metrics collected from your applications and infrastructure by an OpenTelemetry agent can be sent directly to Elastic.
Get started →OpenTelemetry collector
Elastic natively supports the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP). This means trace data and metrics collected from your applications and infrastructure by an OpenTelemetry collector can be sent directly to Elastic.
Get started →Lambda collector exporter
AWS Lambda functions can be instrumented with OpenTelemetry and monitored with Elastic Observability.
Get started →