Custom OpenTelemetry Processor

This project is an example of a custom OpenTelemetry processor. It demonstrates how to create a custom OpenTelemetry processor in Go and how to integrate it with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem. This processor is intended solely for demonstration purposes.

In src directory, you can find 3 go files:

• config.go used to specify the processor's configuration parameters
• factory.go containing the instantiation of the processor
• processor.go which is the "real" processor code (especially the processTraces method)

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed on your machine:

• Make (for build and run tasks)
• Go
• OTEL Builder

Installation

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/custom-otel-processor.git
cd custom-otel-processor

Build

To build the collector, use the build task in the Makefile:

make build

Run

To run the collector, use the run task in the Makefile:

make run

The result is an otel-cujprocessor binary available in the dist directory.

Sources

• OTEL - Building a connector
• OTEL - Building a custom processor
• Collector module API
• Extending the OpenTelemetry Collector with your own components