Sending Traces

Sending Traces

Learn how to instrument your applications to send distributed traces to Kopai.

Overview

Kopai accepts traces via the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP). You can send traces over HTTP or gRPC.

Endpoints

Protocol	Endpoint
HTTP	https://otlp.kopai.app/v1/traces
gRPC	otlp.kopai.app:443

Configuration

Set these environment variables to configure your OpenTelemetry SDK:

export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://otlp.kopai.app"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="your-service-name"

SDK Guides

• Node.js - Instrument Node.js applications
• Python - Instrument Python applications
• Go - Instrument Go applications

Viewing Traces

After sending traces, view them in the Kopai dashboard under Traces.