# cSpell:ignore: rdkafka extrdkafka
title: OpenTelemetry ext-rdkafka auto-instrumentation
registryType: instrumentation
language: php
tags:
  - extrdkafka
  - instrumentation
  - php
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-contrib/tree/main/src/Instrumentation/ExtRdKafka
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  Auto-instrumentation hooks are registered via composer. There will be a new
  span created for each message that is consumed. The goal of this
  instrumentation is to allow distributed traces to happen across Kafka in PHP.
  This means that the following should happen
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
createdAt: 2024-11-18
package:
  registry: packagist
  name: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-auto-ext-rdkafka
  version: 0.0.1
isFirstParty: false