The OpenInference provider uses instrumentations built by Arize Phoenix that provide OpenTelemetry-compliant tracing for AI applications with semantic conventions for LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval.

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Configuration

apiVersion: openlit.io/v1alpha1
kind: AutoInstrumentation
metadata:
  name: openinference-instrumentation
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      instrumentation.provider: "openinference"
  python:
    instrumentation:
      provider: "openinference"
      version: "latest"
  otlp:
    endpoint: "http://openlit:4318"

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Provider Specific Features

OpenInference offers comprehensive instrumentation coverage using pure OpenTelemetry standards:

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Custom Package Installation

Install additional AI framework packages alongside OpenInference: 
spec:
  python:
    instrumentation:
      customPackages: "langchain>=0.1.0,llama-index>=0.9.0,openai>=1.0.0"
Common AI Framework Packages:
  • LangChain: langchain>=0.1.0,langchain-community>=0.0.20
  • LlamaIndex: llama-index>=0.9.0,llama-index-vector-stores-chroma>=0.1.0
  • LLM Providers: openai>=1.0.0,anthropic>=0.8.0,google-generativeai>=0.3.0
  • Vector Databases: chromadb>=0.4.0,pinecone-client>=2.0.0

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Comprehensive AI Framework Support

Built-in instrumentors for major AI frameworks: 
# Included instrumentors (automatically enabled)
- openinference-instrumentation-openai
- openinference-instrumentation-anthropic  
- openinference-instrumentation-langchain
- openinference-instrumentation-llama-index
- openinference-instrumentation-bedrock
- openinference-instrumentation-mistralai
- openinference-instrumentation-groq
- openinference-instrumentation-vertexai
- openinference-instrumentation-dspy
- openinference-instrumentation-instructor
- openinference-instrumentation-litellm
- openinference-instrumentation-haystack
- openinference-instrumentation-guardrails
- openinference-instrumentation-portkey

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OpenTelemetry Standard Compliance

Pure OpenTelemetry implementation with standard semantic conventions: Features:
  • 100% OpenTelemetry semantic conventions compliance
  • Vendor-neutral tracing data
  • Multi-backend compatibility (Jaeger, Grafana, DataDog, etc.)
  • Standard resource attributes and span naming

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Environment Variables

VariableDescriptionDefault
OTEL_SERVICE_NAMEService name for tracing"openinference-app"
OTEL_DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENTDeployment environment"production"
OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_GENAI_CAPTURE_MESSAGE_CONTENTCapture message contenttrue