OpenTelemetry to InfluxDB Line Protocol Converter
This is experimental software
This package converts OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs to InfluxDB line protocol.
The schema is optimized for InfluxDB/IOx, a timeseries database engine that is currently under development.
Definitions
"InfluxDB"
InfluxDB "IOx"
InfluxDB "Line Protocol"
"OpenTelemetry"
OpenTelemetry "Signal"
OpenTelemetry Signal "Attribute" and Attribute naming guidelines.
OpenTelemetry Signal "Label": similar to Signal Attribute; values are type string only
OpenTelemetry Signal "Resource"
OpenTelemetry Signal "Instrumentation Library"
Signals have properties that are not free-form Attributes or Labels.
These properties distinguish the OpenTelemetry Signal types.
For example:
- trace ID, span ID, parent span ID
- metric name
- log severity, log span ID
Conversion
Spans are assigned measurement spans
.
Metric points are assigned the measurement named in the Metric.name
protocol buffer field.
Logs are assigned measurement logs
.
This exporter converts all Attributes to Line Protocol fields, without modification.
In the case that application Attribute keys conflict with Resource or Instrumentation Library Attribute keys, the application loses.
The exporter converts other Signal properties to fields with key names borrowed from OTLP protocol buffer messages.
For example:
Span.start_time_unix_nano
(type fixed64) -> InfluxDB line protocol timestamp
Span.trace_id
(type bytes) -> trace_id
as hexadecimal string
Span.name
(type string) -> name
Span.end_time_unix_nano
(type fixed64) -> end_time_unix_nano
as uint64
Metric.time_unix_nano
(type fixed64) -> InfluxDB line protocol timestamp
LogRecord.time_unix_nano
(type fixed64) -> InfluxDB line protocol timestamp
- This is an optional field in the OpenTelemetry data model, but required in InfluxDB.
- This exporter drops the LogRecord if this field value is not set.
LogRecord.severity_number
(type enum) -> severity_number
as int32
LogRecord.body
(type opentelemetry.proto.common.v1.AnyValue) -> body
as string
Some exceptions to the above exist.
For example:
Span.events
(type repeated message) -> measurement logs
Span.links
(type repeated message) -> measurment span-links
Metric.description
is ignored
Metric.unit
is ignored
Metric
values are assigned field keys gauge
, counter
, count
, sum
, inf
- Metric conversion follows Prometheus conventions for compatibility
Metric
instances with aggregation temporality type DELTA
are dropped
- The Prometheus OpenTelemetry exporter also drops these
LogRecord.flags
is ignored
- This is an enum with no values defines yet
Example Line Protocol
TODO(jacobmarble): update this section
Tracing Spans
spans end_time_unix_nano="2021-02-19 20:50:25.6893952 +0000 UTC",instrumentation_library_name="tracegen",kind="SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL",name="okey-dokey",net.peer.ip="1.2.3.4",parent_span_id="d5270e78d85f570f",peer.service="tracegen-client",service.name="tracegen",span.kind="server",span_id="4c28227be6a010e1",status_code="STATUS_CODE_OK",trace_id="7d4854815225332c9834e6dbf85b9380" 1613767825689169000
spans end_time_unix_nano="2021-02-19 20:50:25.6893952 +0000 UTC",instrumentation_library_name="tracegen",kind="SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL",name="lets-go",net.peer.ip="1.2.3.4",peer.service="tracegen-server",service.name="tracegen",span.kind="client",span_id="d5270e78d85f570f",status_code="STATUS_CODE_OK",trace_id="7d4854815225332c9834e6dbf85b9380" 1613767825689135000
spans end_time_unix_nano="2021-02-19 20:50:25.6895667 +0000 UTC",instrumentation_library_name="tracegen",kind="SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL",name="okey-dokey",net.peer.ip="1.2.3.4",parent_span_id="b57e98af78c3399b",peer.service="tracegen-client",service.name="tracegen",span.kind="server",span_id="a0643a156d7f9f7f",status_code="STATUS_CODE_OK",trace_id="fd6b8bb5965e726c94978c644962cdc8" 1613767825689388000
spans end_time_unix_nano="2021-02-19 20:50:25.6895667 +0000 UTC",instrumentation_library_name="tracegen",kind="SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL",name="lets-go",net.peer.ip="1.2.3.4",peer.service="tracegen-server",service.name="tracegen",span.kind="client",span_id="b57e98af78c3399b",status_code="STATUS_CODE_OK",trace_id="fd6b8bb5965e726c94978c644962cdc8" 1613767825689303300
spans end_time_unix_nano="2021-02-19 20:50:25.6896741 +0000 UTC",instrumentation_library_name="tracegen",kind="SPAN_KIND_INTERNAL",name="okey-dokey",net.peer.ip="1.2.3.4",parent_span_id="6a8e6a0edcc1c966",peer.service="tracegen-client",service.name="tracegen",span.kind="server",span_id="d68f7f3b41eb8075",status_code="STATUS_CODE_OK",trace_id="651dadde186b7834c52b13a28fc27bea" 1613767825689480300
Metrics
avalanche_metric_mmmmm_0_71 cycle_id="0",gauge=29,host.name="generate-metrics-avalanche",label_key_kkkkk_0="label_val_vvvvv_0",label_key_kkkkk_1="label_val_vvvvv_1",label_key_kkkkk_2="label_val_vvvvv_2",label_key_kkkkk_3="label_val_vvvvv_3",label_key_kkkkk_4="label_val_vvvvv_4",label_key_kkkkk_5="label_val_vvvvv_5",label_key_kkkkk_6="label_val_vvvvv_6",label_key_kkkkk_7="label_val_vvvvv_7",label_key_kkkkk_8="label_val_vvvvv_8",label_key_kkkkk_9="label_val_vvvvv_9",port="9090",scheme="http",series_id="3",service.name="otel-collector" 1613772311130000000
avalanche_metric_mmmmm_0_71 cycle_id="0",gauge=16,host.name="generate-metrics-avalanche",label_key_kkkkk_0="label_val_vvvvv_0",label_key_kkkkk_1="label_val_vvvvv_1",label_key_kkkkk_2="label_val_vvvvv_2",label_key_kkkkk_3="label_val_vvvvv_3",label_key_kkkkk_4="label_val_vvvvv_4",label_key_kkkkk_5="label_val_vvvvv_5",label_key_kkkkk_6="label_val_vvvvv_6",label_key_kkkkk_7="label_val_vvvvv_7",label_key_kkkkk_8="label_val_vvvvv_8",label_key_kkkkk_9="label_val_vvvvv_9",port="9090",scheme="http",series_id="4",service.name="otel-collector" 1613772311130000000
avalanche_metric_mmmmm_0_71 cycle_id="0",gauge=22,host.name="generate-metrics-avalanche",label_key_kkkkk_0="label_val_vvvvv_0",label_key_kkkkk_1="label_val_vvvvv_1",label_key_kkkkk_2="label_val_vvvvv_2",label_key_kkkkk_3="label_val_vvvvv_3",label_key_kkkkk_4="label_val_vvvvv_4",label_key_kkkkk_5="label_val_vvvvv_5",label_key_kkkkk_6="label_val_vvvvv_6",label_key_kkkkk_7="label_val_vvvvv_7",label_key_kkkkk_8="label_val_vvvvv_8",label_key_kkkkk_9="label_val_vvvvv_9",port="9090",scheme="http",series_id="5",service.name="otel-collector" 1613772311130000000
avalanche_metric_mmmmm_0_71 cycle_id="0",gauge=90,host.name="generate-metrics-avalanche",label_key_kkkkk_0="label_val_vvvvv_0",label_key_kkkkk_1="label_val_vvvvv_1",label_key_kkkkk_2="label_val_vvvvv_2",label_key_kkkkk_3="label_val_vvvvv_3",label_key_kkkkk_4="label_val_vvvvv_4",label_key_kkkkk_5="label_val_vvvvv_5",label_key_kkkkk_6="label_val_vvvvv_6",label_key_kkkkk_7="label_val_vvvvv_7",label_key_kkkkk_8="label_val_vvvvv_8",label_key_kkkkk_9="label_val_vvvvv_9",port="9090",scheme="http",series_id="6",service.name="otel-collector" 1613772311130000000
avalanche_metric_mmmmm_0_71 cycle_id="0",gauge=51,host.name="generate-metrics-avalanche",label_key_kkkkk_0="label_val_vvvvv_0",label_key_kkkkk_1="label_val_vvvvv_1",label_key_kkkkk_2="label_val_vvvvv_2",label_key_kkkkk_3="label_val_vvvvv_3",label_key_kkkkk_4="label_val_vvvvv_4",label_key_kkkkk_5="label_val_vvvvv_5",label_key_kkkkk_6="label_val_vvvvv_6",label_key_kkkkk_7="label_val_vvvvv_7",label_key_kkkkk_8="label_val_vvvvv_8",label_key_kkkkk_9="label_val_vvvvv_9",port="9090",scheme="http",series_id="7",service.name="otel-collector" 1613772311130000000
Logs
logs fluent.tag="fluent.info",pid=18i,ppid=9i,worker=0i 1613769568895331700
logs fluent.tag="fluent.debug",instance=1720i,queue_size=0i,stage_size=0i 1613769568895697200
logs fluent.tag="fluent.info",worker=0i 1613769568896515100