Files
tracebasedlogsampler/README.md
2025-04-29 18:15:33 +02:00

63 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown

# Trace-based Log Sampling
This processor is used to sample logs based on the sampling decision of the trace they correlate to.
## How It Works
When a trace is sampled, the processor caches its `traceId`.
Logs are then filtered:
- If a log references a known sampled `traceId`, it is beimg forwarded.
- If a log references an unknown or unsampled `traceId`, it is buffered for a certain amount of time. After the buffer time expires, the `traceId` is checked again. If it exists, the log is forwarded. If not, it is discarded.
## Configuration
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| buffer_duration_traces | duration | 180s | The duration for which traceIds are being remembered. The timer starts when the first trace or span of one traceId is received. |
| buffer_duration_logs | duration | 90s | The duration for which logs are being buffered for, before being re-evaluated. If your pipeline includes e.g. a tailbasedsampler processor, set this to above it's collection time. This ensures that logs "wait" until the traces have been processed |
### Example Configuration
The followinh config is an example configuration for the processor. It is configured to buffer traceIds for `180 seconds` and logs for `90 seconds`.
Note that both a traces and logs pipeline is required and both have to use the same instance of the processor.
```yaml
receivers:
otlp:
protocols:
grpc:
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
exporters:
otlp:
endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
processors:
logtracesampler:
buffer_duration_traces: 180s
buffer_duration_logs: 90s
service:
pipelines:
traces:
receivers: [otlp]
processors: [logtracesampler]
exporters: [otlp]
logs:
receivers: [otlp]
processors: [logtracesampler]
exporters: [otlp]
```
## Building
When building a custom collector you can add this processor to the mainfest like the following (refer to [Building a custom collector](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/custom-collector/) for more information):
```yaml
processors:
- gomod: gitea.t000-n.de/t.behrendt/tracebasedlogsampler v0.0.0
```