How do I instrument CloudFront with OpenTelemetry?

Instrumenting CloudFront with OpenTelemetry involves setting up your CloudFront distribution to collect telemetry data about incoming requests. This can be especially useful for monitoring performance and identifying issues.

Keywords: CloudFront, OpenTelemetry, instrumentation, monitoring, telemetry data, AWS, performance metrics

Description: Learn how to instrument AWS CloudFront with OpenTelemetry for better performance monitoring and observability in your web applications. This guide covers setup, configuration, and best practices.


// Sample PHP code to send telemetry data to OpenTelemetry
use OpenTelemetry\SDK\trace\TracerProvider;
use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Resource\ResourceInfo;
use OpenTelemetry\SDK\Common\Export\PeriodicExportingSpanProcessor;

$tracerProvider = TracerProvider::builder()
    ->setResource(ResourceInfo::create(['service.name' => 'my-cloudfront-service']))
    ->addSpanProcessor(new PeriodicExportingSpanProcessor($exporter))
    ->build();

$tracer = $tracerProvider->getTracer('my-tracer');

$span = $tracer->startSpan('example-span');
// Your application logic here
$span->end();
$tracerProvider->shutdown();
    

Keywords: CloudFront OpenTelemetry instrumentation monitoring telemetry data AWS performance metrics