OpenTelemetry Collector with OTLP Export to New Relic

Reference Guide: newrelic-opentelemetry-examples

How does collector work?

Reference Guide: OpenTelemetry Data Collector

How to set up?

1. NEW_RELIC_API_KEY=your-key docker-compose -f nr-config/docker-compose.yaml up
2. make sure to export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=localhost:4317 and set ENV accordingly
3. start the go application
4. make requests to test logging and errors: curl "http://localhost:8080/order"

Screenshots

Collector Component

NewRelic Logs

NewRelic Errors Inbox

Captured Telemetry on Collector