OpenTelemetry logs
This guide explains how to export Aidbox logs in OpenTelemetry format
Aidbox supports exporting logs using the Protobuf protocol in line with the OTEL specification. This guide configures Aidbox to export logs to the OpenTelemetry collector, but the setup can also be modified to export to other logs consumers that adhere to this specification.
This way of enabling OTEL capabilities is available in Aidbox versions 2503 and later. On previous AIdbox versions it was possible to enable OTEL with Aidbox configuration project.
Prerequisites
- 1.OTEL collector should be deployed and configured to receive logs.
How to enable logs export to the OTEL collector
To enable exporting logs to the OTEL collector set the OTEL collector logs receiver endpoint to the Aidbox setting observability.otel.logs-url
How to check the OTEL collector receives logs
Set up debug exporter and logs pipeline in the OTEL collector configuration:
receivers:
receivers:
otlp:
protocols:
http:
endpoint: <your-collector-resiever-endpoint>
exporters:
debug:
verbosity: detailed
service:
pipelines:
logs:
receivers: [otlp]
exporters: [debug] # OTEL prints logs to the stdout
See Aidbox logs in the OTEL collector stdout
Open OTEL collector stdout and see the logs.
Check logs sending status
The common endpoint for checking status of sending metrics process
GET /telemetry/main/otel-logs-appender/$status
queue-size: 10
history:
- ts: 1700661071
processed-count: 34
Force flush OTEL logs
To force flush all the logs Aidbox has in the queue use $flush endpoint:
POST /telemetry/main/otel-logs-appender/$flush
Check all available Aidbox OTEL logs exporter configuration options are here:
Last updated 2025-08-07T12:18:32Z