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Supported data types:

📘 Logs | 📈 Metrics | 🚦 Traces

OTLP Configuration (gRPC)

FieldDefaultRequiredDescription
NamenonetrueUnique identifier within Sawmills.
ProtocolgRPCtrueSelected gRPC protocol.
Endpointnonetruehost:port to which the exporter is going to send OTLP data, using the gRPC protocol.
Enabled Data TypesCheckboxMetrics, Logs, TracesThe telemetry data types you want to export.

Advanced Options (gRPC)

FieldTypeDefaultRequiredDescription
CompressionSelectgzipfalseChoose the compression type. By default, gzip compression is enabled. Set to ‘None’ to disable compression.
Additional HeadersKey/Value PairsNonefalseList of additional headers attached to each request.
Skip TLS VerificationBooleanfalsefalseEnabling this setting skips verifying the server’s certificate chain when sending data over gRPC.
Enable Insecure ConnectionBooleanfalsefalseEnabling this setting connects to the OTLP endpoint with an unencrypted (non-TLS) gRPC connection.

OTLP Configuration (HTTP)

FieldDefaultRequiredDescription
NamenonetrueUnique identifier within Sawmills.
ProtocolHTTPtrueSelected HTTP protocol.
EndpointnonetrueThe target base URL to send data to. To send each signal a corresponding path will be added to this base URL, i.e. for traces “/v1/traces” will appended, for metrics “/v1/metrics” will be appended, for logs “/v1/logs” will be appended.
Enabled Data TypesCheckboxMetrics, Logs, TracesThe telemetry data types you want to export.
Metrics EndpointnonefalseThe target URL to send metric data to. If this setting is present the Endpoint setting is ignored for metrics.
Logs EndpointnonefalseThe target URL to send log data to. If this setting is present the Endpoint setting is ignored for logs.
Traces EndpointnonefalseThe target URL to send traces data to. If this setting is present the Endpoint setting is ignored for traces.

Advanced Options (HTTP)

FieldTypeDefaultRequiredDescription
Timeout (seconds)Int30falseHTTP request time limit
CompressionSelectgzipfalseChoose the compression type. By default, gzip compression is enabled. Set to ‘None’ to disable compression.
Additional HeadersKey/Value PairsNonefalseList of additional headers attached to each request.
Skip TLS VerificationBooleanfalsefalseEnabling this setting skips verifying the server’s certificate chain when sending data over gRPC.