Status: Mixed
Status: Stable
OTLP Metrics Exporter is a Push Metric Exporter which sends metrics via the OpenTelemetry Protocol.
OTLP Metrics Exporter MUST support both Cumulative and Delta Aggregation Temporality.
The exporter MUST provide configuration according to the OpenTelemetry Protocol Exporter specification.
If a language provides a mechanism to automatically configure a
MetricReader to pair with the associated
Exporter (e.g., using the OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER environment
variable),
then by default:
- The exporter MUST be paired with a periodic exporting MetricReader.
- The exporter MUST configure the default aggregation temporality on the
basis of instrument kind using the
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCEvariable as described below. - The exporter MUST configure the default aggregation on the basis of instrument kind using
the
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_AGGREGATIONvariable as described below if it is implemented.
Status: Mixed
| Name | Status | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE |
Stable | The aggregation temporality to use on the basis of instrument kind. | cumulative |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_AGGREGATION |
Experimental | The default aggregation to use for histogram instruments. | explicit_bucket_histogram |
The recognized (case-insensitive) values for OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_TEMPORALITY_PREFERENCE are:
cumulative: Choose cumulative aggregation temporality for all instrument kinds.delta: Choose Delta aggregation temporality for Counter, Asynchronous Counter and Histogram instrument kinds, choose Cumulative aggregation for UpDownCounter and Asynchronous UpDownCounter instrument kinds.
The recognized (case-insensitive) values for OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_DEFAULT_HISTOGRAM_AGGREGATION are:
explicit_bucket_histogram: Use Explicit Bucket Histogram Aggregation.exponential_bucket_histogram: Use Exponential Bucket Histogram Aggregation.