ballerinax/idetraceprovider Ballerina library

Overview

The IdeTraceProvider Observability Extension is a lightweight tracing extension that provides a simple HTTP-based implementation for tracing and publishing traces to an OTLP/HTTP compatible trace collector, optimized for IDE and development environments.

Key Features

• Publish traces to OTLP/HTTP compatible trace collectors
• Lightweight implementation optimized for IDE and development workflows
• Configurable endpoint for trace publishing
• Seamless integration with observability tooling

Enabling IdeTraceProvider Extension

To package the IdeTraceProvider extension into the Jar, follow these steps:

1. Add the following import to your program:

import ballerinax/idetraceprovider as _;

2. Add the following to the Ballerina.toml when building your program:

[package]
org = "my_org"
name = "my_package"
version = "1.0.0"

[build-options]
observabilityIncluded=true

3. To enable the extension and publish traces, add the following to the Config.toml when running your program:

[ballerina.observe]
tracingEnabled=true
tracingProvider="idetraceprovider"

[ballerinax.idetraceprovider]
endpoint="http://localhost:59500/v1/traces"  # Optional. Default value is "http://localhost:59500/v1/traces"