Instrument a Java application with the Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) Java agent for automatic tracing, metrics, and logs. Use when adding observability to a Java service that has no existing APM agent.
Read the setup guide before making changes:
elastic-otel-javaagent.jar (download from
Maven Central, not a Maven/Gradle
compile dependency)-javaagent:/path/to/elastic-otel-javaagent.jar or
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-javaagent:/path/to/elastic-otel-javaagent.jar" — without this the agent does nothingOTEL_SERVICE_NAMEOTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — must be the managed OTLP endpoint or EDOT Collector URL. Never use an APM
Server URL (no apm-server, no :8200, no /intake/v2/events)OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS — "Authorization=ApiKey <key>" or "Authorization=Bearer <token>"OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER, OTEL_METRICS_EXPORTER, or OTEL_LOGS_EXPORTER — the defaults are already
correctSee the EDOT Java setup guide for complete Dockerfile and docker-compose examples.