title: Headers Setter extension
registryType: extension
isThirdParty: false
language: collector
tags:
  - headers
  - setter
  - extension
  - collector
repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/extension/headerssetterextension
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The headers_setter extension implements ClientAuthenticator and is used to set
  requests headers in gRPC / HTTP exporters with values provided via extension
  configurations or requests metadata (context).
authors: OpenTelemetry Authors
otVersion: latest
