title: Google Cloud Auth Extension
registryType: extension
language: java
tags:
  - gcp
  - extension
  - java
  - auth
  - google
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  This extension provides automatic Google Cloud authentication for
  OpenTelemetry Java's OTLP exporters, enabling telemetry export to Google Cloud
  for both zero-code and manual instrumentation setups.
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/tree/main/gcp-auth-extension
createdAt: 2025-03-18
isNative: false
isFirstParty: false
