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How to send traces generated to OpenTelemetry collector?

I have instrumented the code to generate traces and print them in the terminal. Now, how do I receive them in OpenTelemetry Collector to export them to NewRelic? Language used: Golang

Solution

  • As per the New Relic Docs you can simply configure the OTLP gRPC exporter in Go code with https://otlp.nr-data.net as endpoint. Also API Key in header.

    Or

    You can use an Opentelemetry collector running as a separate service with NewRelic as exporter. sample config