To send OpenTelemetry metrics and traces generated by OpenLIT from your AI Application to OpenObserve, follow the below steps.

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1. Get your Credentials

  1. Log into your OpenObserve instance
  2. Navigate to Ingestion:
    • Click Ingestion in the side navigation
    • Select Traces (OpenTelemetry) option
  3. Copy OTLP Configuration:
    • Under the OTLP HTTP section, copy:
      • Ingestion HTTP Endpoint
      • Ingestion Authorization key (the part after Basic)
    • Example endpoint: http://127.0.0.1:5080/api/default
    • Example auth: Authorization=Basic%20<Ingestion Authorization key>

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2. Instrument your application

For Kubernetes deployments with zero-code instrumentation: 
apiVersion: openlit.io/v1alpha1
kind: AutoInstrumentation
metadata:
  name: openobserve-instrumentation
  namespace: default
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      instrument: "true"
  python:
    instrumentation:
      provider: "openlit"
      version: "latest"
  otlp:
    endpoint: "YOUR_OPENOBSERVE_HTTP_ENDPOINT"
    headers: "YOUR_OPENOBSERVE_AUTH_HEADER"
    timeout: 30
  resource:
    environment: "production"
    serviceName: "my-ai-service"
Replace:
  1. YOUR_OPENOBSERVE_HTTP_ENDPOINT with the Ingestion HTTP Endpoint value you copied in Step 1.
    • Example: http://openobserve.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:5080/api/default (for in-cluster)
    • Example: http://127.0.0.1:5080/api/default (for local development)
  2. YOUR_OPENOBSERVE_AUTH_HEADER with the Ingestion Authorization key value you copied in Step 1.
    • Example: Authorization=Basic%20<Ingestion Authorization key>
Refer to the OpenLIT Operator Documentation for more advanced configurations and use cases.

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3. Import the pre-built Dashboard

  1. Log into your OpenObserve Instance
  2. Navigate to Dashboards:
    • Click Dashboards in the side navigation menu
    • Click Import on the top right corner
  3. Import Dashboard:
    • Copy the dashboard JSON provided in the accordion below
    • Paste the dashboard JSON text directly under the Import Dashboard from JSON section
    • Click Import
    • Save the dashboard