OpenTelemetry Logs

The OpenTelemetry log viewer plugin by Netdata makes viewing, exploring and analyzing OpenTelemetry logs simple and efficient.

It works with logs ingested by the otel.plugin, which receives OTLP-formatted log data and stores them in systemd-compatible journal files. The log viewer provides the same powerful exploration interface used for systemd journal logs.

Visualization

You can start exploring OpenTelemetry logs on the "Logs" tab of the Netdata UI.

Key features

• Views logs ingested via OpenTelemetry OTLP/gRPC protocol.
• Allows filtering on any log field or field value, for any time-frame.
• Allows full text search (grep) on all log fields, for any time-frame.
• Provides a histogram for log entries over time, with a break down per field-value, for any field and any time-frame.
• Uses fast indexed lookups with pre-built indexes for performance.
• Supports faceted search across log fields (severity, hostname, service, etc.).
• In PLAY mode shows new log entries immediately after they are received.

Setup

Prerequisites

• A Netdata Cloud account
• The otel.plugin configured to ingest OpenTelemetry logs

Configuration

There is no configuration needed for this integration.