README.md

OpentelemetryPhoenix

Telemetry handler that creates Opentelemetry spans from Phoenix events.

After installing, setup the handler in your application behaviour before your top-level supervisor starts.

OpentelemetryPhoenix.setup()

See the documentation for OpentelemetryPhoenix.setup/1 for additional options that may be supplied.

Installation

def deps do
  [
    {:opentelemetry_phoenix, "~> 1.2"}
  ]
end

It is high recommended to also install OpentelemetryCowboy to capture the full request lifecycle. Phoenix only handles part of the request lifecycle which can lead to incomplete request durations and lost traces for requests terminated at the socket level or before reaching Phoenix.

Compatibility Matrix

OpentelemetryPhoenix Version	Otel Version	Notes
v0.1.0	<= v.0.5.0
v1.0.0-rc.3	v1.0.0-rc.1
	v1.0.0-rc.2
v1.0.0-rc.4	v1.0.0-rc.2	Otel rc.3 will be a breaking change
v1.0.0-rc.5	v1.0.0-rc.3
v1.0.0-rc.6	v1.0.0-rc.4
v1.0	v1.0

Note on phoenix integration

OpentelemetryPhoenix requires phoenix to use Plug.Telemetry in order to correctly trace endpoint calls.

The endpoint.ex file should look like:

defmodule MyApp.Endpoint do
  use Phoenix.Endpoint, otp_app: :my_app
  ...
  plug Plug.Telemetry, event_prefix: [:phoenix, :endpoint]
  ...
end

The Phoenix endpoint.ex template can be used as a reference