# Anyone managed to use opentelemetry from awx/ansible

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005 "2023-12-20T13:27:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mihai-satmarean](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/mihai-satmarean/32/1843_2.png) [@mihai-satmarean](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mihai-satmarean)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005/1 "2023-12-20T13:27:09Z")

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ansible.cfg

```auto
[defaults]
ansible_managed = Ansible managed: Do NOT edit this file manually!
display_failed_stderr = True
forks = 50
retry_files_enabled = False
host_key_checking = False
nocows = 1
interpreter_python = auto_silent
callbacks_enabled = community.general.opentelemetry
[ssh_connection]
scp_if_ssh = True
control_path = %(directory)s/%%h-%%p-%%r
[callback_opentelemetry]
enable_from_environment = ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED

```

environment vars:

```auto
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://tempo-prod-11-prod-eu-west-2.grafana.net:443
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="authorization=glc_eyredacted"
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=ansible
export ANSIBLE_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED=true

```

```auto
pip list -v | grep opent
opentelemetry-api 1.22.0 
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp 1.22.0
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-common 1.22.0
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpc 1.22.0 
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http 1.22.0
opentelemetry-instrumentation 0.43b0
opentelemetry-proto 1.22.0 
opentelemetry-sdk 1.22.0
opentelemetry-semantic-conventions 0.43b0

```

errors:

```auto
Transient error StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED encountered while exporting traces to tempo-prod-11-prod-eu-west-2.grafana.net:443, retrying in 1s.
Transient error StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE encountered while exporting traces to tempo-prod-11-prod-eu-west-2.grafana.net:443, retrying in 2s.

```

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**Author:** ![iamroddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/iamroddo/32/321_2.png) [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005/2 "2024-07-19T03:45:05Z")

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I see that AWX added support for Otel in 24.5.0, [Announcing AWX 24.5.0 and AWX-Operator 2.18.0](http://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-awx-24-5-0-and-awx-operator-2-18-0/6170), though I can’t find any documentation on how to do it.

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**Author:** ![djyasin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/djyasin/32/114_2.png) [@djyasin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/djyasin)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005/3 "2024-07-24T18:56:03Z")

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There will be documentation regarding this very soon! 😸

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**Author:** ![trippinnik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/trippinnik/32/4308_2.png) [@trippinnik](https://forum.ansible.com/u/trippinnik)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/anyone-managed-to-use-opentelemetry-from-awx-ansible/3005/4 "2025-11-17T17:27:20Z")

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is there a link to the docs?