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Open Telemetry Trace Exporter Action

This action will export GitHub Workflow telemetry data using OTLP to a configurable endpoint.

Usage

On workflow_run Event

name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace

on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: [my-workflow]
    types: [completed]

jobs:
  otel-export-trace:
    name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Export Workflow Trace
        uses: inception-health/otel-export-trace-action@latest
        with:
          otlpEndpoint: grpc://api.honeycomb.io:443/
          otlpHeaders: ${{ secrets.OTLP_HEADERS }}
          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          runId: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}

On Current Workflow

name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace

on:
  push:
    branch: [main]

jobs:
  build:
    # Run build steps
  otel-export-trace:
    if: always()
    name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [build] # must run when all jobs are complete
    steps:
      - name: Export Workflow Trace
        uses: inception-health/otel-export-trace-action@latest
        with:
          otlpEndpoint: grpc://api.honeycomb.io:443/
          otlpHeaders: ${{ secrets.OTLP_HEADERS }}
          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

With Junit Tracing

Combined with OpenTelemetry Upload Trace Artifact this action will Download the OTLP Trace Log Artifact uploaded from the Workflow Run and export it.

pr-workflow.yml

name: "PR check"

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  build-and-test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
      - name: run tests
        run: npm run test:ci
      - uses: inception-health/otel-upload-test-artifact-action@v1
        if: always()
        with:
          jobName: "build-and-test"
          stepName: "run tests"
          path: "junit.xml"
          type: "junit"
          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

otel-export-trace.yml

name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace

on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ["PR check"]
    types: [completed]

jobs:
  otel-export-trace:
    name: OpenTelemetry Export Trace
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Export Workflow Trace
        uses: inception-health/otel-export-trace-action@latest
        with:
          otlpEndpoint: grpc://api.honeycomb.io:443/
          otlpHeaders: ${{ secrets.OTLP_HEADERS }}
          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          runId: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}

Action Inputs

name description required default
otlpEndpoint The destination endpoint to export OpenTelemetry traces to true
otlpHeaders Network Headers for the destination endpoint to export OpenTelemetry traces to. Ex. x-honeycomb-team=YOUR_API_KEY,x-honeycomb-dataset=YOUR_DATASET true
otelServiceName OpenTelemetry service name false
githubToken The repository token with Workflow permissions. Not required for public repos false
runId Workflow Run ID to Export false env.GITHUB_RUN_ID

Action Outputs

name description
traceId The OpenTelemetry Trace ID for this Trace

Trace Unique Fields

name type description
name string Workflow/Job/Step name
service.instance.id string {repo_full_name}/{workflow_id}/{run_id}/{run_num}
service.name string Github Workflow Name
service.namespace string Github Repo Full Name
service.version string Github Workflow Run HEAD SHA
github.workflow_id integer Github Workflow ID
github.workflow string Github Workflow Name
github.workflow_url string Github Workflow URL
github.run_attempt integer Github Workflow Run Attempt
github.run_id integer Github Workflow Run ID
github.run_number integer Github Workflow Run Number
github.created_at integer Github Workflow Run Created Timestamp
github.updated_at integer Github Workflow Run Updated Timestamp
github.run_started_at integer Github Workflow Run Started Timestamp
github.html_url string Github Workflow Run HTML URL
github.author_email string DEPRECATED: use github.head_commit.author.email
github.author_name string DEPRECATED: use github.head_commit.author.name
github.conclusion string Github Workflow Run Conclusion
github.event string Github Workflow Run Event Name
github.git_refs_url string Github Workflow Run refs url
github.head_commit.id string Github Workflow Run HEAD commit id
github.head_commit.tree_id string Github Workflow Run HEAD commit tree id
github.head_commit.author.name string Github Workflow Run HEAD author name
github.head_commit.author.email string Github Workflow Run HEAD author name
github.head_commit.committer.name string Github Workflow Run HEAD committer name
github.head_commit.committer.email string Github Workflow Run HEAD committer name
github.head_commit.message string Github Workflow Run HEAD commit message
github.head_commit.timestamp string Github Workflow Run HEAD commit timestamp
github.head_sha string Github Workflow Run HEAD SHA
github.head_ref string Github Workflow Run HEAD REF
github.base_sha string Github Workflow Run Base SHA
github.base_ref string Github Workflow Run Base REF
github.pull_requests.{X}.id string Github Pull Request ID
github.pull_requests.{X}.number integer Github Pull Request number
github.pull_requests.{X}.url string Github Pull Request url
github.pull_requests.{X}.head.sha string Github Pull Request HEAD sha
github.pull_requests.{X}.head.ref string Github Pull Request HEAD ref
github.pull_requests.{X}.head.repo.id string Github Pull Request HEAD Repository id
github.pull_requests.{X}.head.repo.url string Github Pull Request HEAD Repository url
github.pull_requests.{X}.head.repo.name string Github Pull Request HEAD Repository name
github.pull_requests.{X}.base.sha string Github Pull Request base sha
github.pull_requests.{X}.base.ref string Github Pull Request base ref
github.pull_requests.{X}.base.repo.id string Github Pull Request base Repository id
github.pull_requests.{X}.base.repo.url string Github Pull Request base Repository url
github.pull_requests.{X}.base.repo.name string Github Pull Request base Repository name
github.job.id float Github Job Run ID
github.job.name string Github Job Run Name
github.job.started_at string Github Job Run started_at
github.job.completed_at string Github Job Run completed_at
github.job.conclusion string Github Job Run Conclusion
github.job.labels string Github Job Run Labels. Comma separated values
github.job.run_attempt integer Github Job Run Run Attempt
github.job.run_id integer Github Job Run Run ID
github.job.runner_group_id integer Github Job Runner Group ID
github.job.runner_group_name string Github Job Runner Group Name
github.job.runner_name string Github Job Runner Name
github.job.step.id string GitHub Step ID
github.job.step.conclusion string Github Step Run Conclusion
github.job.step.name string Github Step Run Name
github.job.step.number integer Github Step Run Number
github.job.step.started_at string Github Step Run started_at
github.job.step.completed_at string Github Step Run completed_at

Honeycomb Example Trace

HoneyComb Example

with JUnit traces HoneyComb Junit Example