Using OpenTelemetry as the metrics backend

Lightbend Telemetry can report metrics using OpenTelemetry new tab using a backend plugin integrated with the OpenTelemetry JVM client new tab .

The following is the core Cinnamon OpenTelemetry dependency that you will need to add to your build tool configuration, together with the gRPC exporter new tab :

Java

pom.xml

<!-- Cinnamon OpenTelemetry core dependency -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.lightbend.cinnamon</groupId>
    <artifactId>cinnamon-opentelemetry</artifactId>
</dependency>

Scala

build.sbt

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  Cinnamon.library.cinnamonOpenTelemetry)

After you have made that alteration, enable the gRPC exporter using the following configuration:

src/main/resources/telemetry.conf

cinnamon.opentelemetry.metrics {
  exporters += "grpc-exporter"
}

Cinnamon will start to push metrics from an OpenTelemetry collector new tab . For an extended example how configure this setup, please have a look at our Cinnamon OpenTelemetry sandbox new tab .

See the Full Telemetry documentation new tab for details and references regarding OpenTelemetry backend configuration.