README.md

OpenTelemetry Python Basics

Just a basic client/server for playing with OpenTelemetry in Python.

Handy links:

• Free Lightstep Developer Account
• OTel Python Launcher: https://github.com/lightstep/otel-launcher-python/
• Quickstart Guide: https://opentelemetry.lightstep.com/python
• OpenTelemetry Python: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python

Define your Lightstep Access Token prior to running:

export LS_ACCESS_TOKEN=my-access-token-etc

Installation

git clone https://github.com/tedsuo/otel-python-basics.git && cd otel-python-basics
mkdir new_virtual_environment
python3 -m venv new_virtual_environment
source new_virtual_environment/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

export LS_ACCESS_TOKEN=my-access-token-etc
export LS_SERVICE_NAME=hello-server
export OTEL_PYTHON_TRACER_PROVIDER=sdk_tracer_provider
opentelemetry-instrument python3 server.py

export LS_ACCESS_TOKEN=my-access-token-etc
export LS_SERVICE_NAME=hello-client
export OTEL_PYTHON_TRACER_PROVIDER=sdk_tracer_provider
opentelemetry-instrument python3 client.py