Export Logs to OpenTelemetry

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Prerequisites

• Golf Gateway deployed and running
• OpenTelemetry Collector or compatible backend (Grafana, Datadog, etc.)

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Configure OTLP export

exporters:
  otel:
    - name: primary-otel
      enabled: true
      endpoint: otel-collector.example.com:4317
      protocol: grpc
      service_name: golf-gateway
      export_logs: true
      export_metrics: true

exporters:
  otel:
    - name: primary-otel
      enabled: true
      endpoint: https://otlp.example.com/v1/logs
      protocol: http/protobuf
      service_name: golf-gateway
      headers:
        Authorization: "Bearer ${OTEL_TOKEN}"

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Export signals

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Resource attributes

exporters:
  otel:
    - name: primary-otel
      # ... other fields
      resource_attributes:
        environment: production
        region: us-west-2

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Semantic conventions

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Common OTLP backends

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Verify export is working

1. Check health endpoint includes OTEL status
2. View logs in your OTLP backend
3. Search for service.name: golf-gateway

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Troubleshooting

• Connection timeout: Verify endpoint is reachable
• 401/403 errors: Check authentication headers
• No data appearing: Verify export_logs: true in your YAML config

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Related guides

• Export Logs to Elasticsearch - ES export
• Export Logs to Azure Sentinel - Sentinel export