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Collecting Application Logs Using OTEL Java Agent

You can directly send your application logs to SigNoz using Java Agent provided by OpenTelemetry. In this doc we will run a sample java application with the OpenTelemetry Java agent to send logs to SigNoz.

For collecting logs we will have to download the java agent from here.

To sends logs from a Java application you will have to add the agent and add the environment variables for the agent.

For Sending Logs To SigNoz Cloud​

OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://ingest.{region}.signoz.cloud:443" OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=signoz-access-token=<SIGNOZ_INGESTION_KEY> OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=<app_name> java -javaagent:/path/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -jar  <myapp>.jar

You will have to add <SIGNOZ_INGESTION_KEY> and depending on the choice of your region for SigNoz cloud, the otlp endpoint will vary according to this table.

RegionEndpoint
USingest.us.signoz.cloud:443
INingest.in.signoz.cloud:443
EUingest.eu.signoz.cloud:443

For Sending Logs To SigNoz Hosted Locally​

OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="http://<IP of SigNoz Backend>:4317" OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=<app_name> java -javaagent:/path/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -jar  <myapp>.jar

In the below example we will configure a java application to send logs to SigNoz.

How to Collect Application Logs Using OTEL Java Agent?​

  • Clone this repository

  • Build the application using ./mvnw package

  • Now run the application

    For SigNoz Cloud

    OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://ingest.{region}.signoz.cloud:443" OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=signoz-access-token=<SIGNOZ_INGESTION_KEY> OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=myapp java -javaagent:/path/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -jar target/*.jar

    You will have to replace the value of {region} according to region of your cloud account and also add <SIGNOZ_INGESTION_KEY>

    For SigNoz Hosted Locally

    OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER=otlp OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="http://<host>:4317" OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=myapp java -javaagent:/path/opentelemetry-javaagent.jar -jar target/*.jar

    You will have to replace your the value of host as 0.0.0.0 if SigNoz is running in the same host, for other configurations please check the troubleshooting guide.

  • Now if the application starts successfully the logs will be visible on SigNoz UI.