OpenTelemetry OT Trace Propagator
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Installation
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::
pip install opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace
.. _OpenTelemetry: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/
OTTrace Format
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So far there is no "formal" specification of the OTTrace format. The best
document that servers this purpose that exists now is this_ implementation.
.. _this: https://github.com/opentracing/basictracer-python/blob/master/basictracer/text_propagator.py
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Header Name Description Required
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``ot-tracer-traceid`` uint64 encoded as a string of 16 hex characters yes
``ot-tracer-spanid`` uint64 encoded as a string of 16 hex characters yes
``ot-tracer-sampled`` boolean encoded as a string with the values ``true`` or ``false`` no
``ot-baggage-*`` repeated string to string key-value baggage items; keys are prefixed with ``ot-baggage-`` and the corresponding value is the raw string if baggage is present
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Interop and trace ids
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The OT Trace propagation format expects trace ids to be 64-bits. In order to
interop with OpenTelemetry, trace ids need to be truncated to 64-bits before
sending them on the wire. When truncating, the least significant (right-most)
bits MUST be retained. For example, a trace id of
``3c3039f4d78d5c02ee8e3e41b17ce105`` would be truncated to
``ee8e3e41b17ce105``.
References
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* `OpenTelemetry Project <https://opentelemetry.io/>`_
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