Python Logs Auto-Instrumentation

Collecting Python Application Logs Using Auto-Instrumentation

If you are using python auto-instrumentation for instrumenting your python application you can send logs to SigNoz easily with auto-instrumentation.

To enable logs auto-instrumentation just add this environment variable

OTEL_PYTHON_LOGGING_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=true

Example application

Here is a sample python application

1. Create a file named main.py and paste the following code

   from flask import Flask
   import logging
   
   app = Flask(__name__)
   
   @app.route('/')
   def hello_world():
       logging.warning("hello world log message")
       return 'Hello World'
   
   if __name__ == '__main__':
       app.run()
   

2. Create a virual environment

   python -m venv venv
   source ./venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install dependencies

   pip install opentelemetry-distro
   pip install flask requests
   pip install opentelemetry-exporter-otlp
   

4. Run the opentelemetry-bootstrap command:

   opentelemetry-bootstrap -a install
   

5. Run the application

   OTEL_PYTHON_LOGGING_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=true opentelemetry-instrument --traces_exporter none --metrics_exporter none --logs_exporter console python main.py
   

You will be able to see the otel logs on the console once you visit http://localhost:5000

If you want to send data to SigNoz cloud or self host SigNoz the run command will change and will be described in the next steps

OTEL_PYTHON_LOGGING_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=true \
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=<SIGNOZ_ENDPOINT> \
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS=signoz-access-token=<INGESTION_KEY> \
opentelemetry-instrument --traces_exporter otlp --metrics_exporter otlp --logs_exporter otlp python main.py