otel-python-django-test

Django app that's auto-instrumented with OTEL Python default distro. Dev mode only; exports telemetry to console.

Local setup

1. Create and activate a virtual environment with Python >= 3.9.
2. pip install -r requirements.txt
3. export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=otel-site.settings
4. cd <repo>/otel-site
5. You may need to python manage.py migrate the first time.
6. export OTEL_PYTHON_LOGGING_AUTO_INSTRUMENTATION_ENABLED=true
7. opentelemetry-bootstrap --action=install
8. opentelemetry-instrument --traces_exporter console --metrics_exporter console --logs_exporter console python manage.py runserver --noreload

Generate spans, metrics, logs

curl -v http://localhost:8000
curl -v http://localhost:8000/polls
curl -v http://localhost:8000/polls/reentry

Distributed trace script

In a separate Terminal (same dir, same virtual env, same dependencies), run a request client with python client.py. This triggers distributed OTel trace export to stdout by including OTel context in request to Django (http://localhost:8000/polls).

References

• https://opentelemetry.io/docs/instrumentation/python/getting-started/
• https://opentelemetry-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/django/README.html