[exporter/file] add append mode (#31369)

**Description:** <Describe what has changed.>
<!--Ex. Fixing a bug - Describe the bug and how this fixes the issue.
Ex. Adding a feature - Explain what this achieves.-->
This adds a new option for configuring the append / truncate behavior of
the fileexporter.

**Link to tracking Issue:**
#31364

**Testing:** Added `TestAppend` unit test and manually tested using
`telemetrygen` and the following configuration:

```yaml
receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317

exporters:
  file:
    path: ./receiver_output_append.log
    append: true
service:
  telemetry:
    metrics:
      level: detailed
      address: 0.0.0.0:9998
  pipelines:
    logs:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [file]
```

**Documentation:** <Describe the documentation added.>

TODO: 

- [x] add documentation once we reached agreement regarding
implementation / naming

Signed-off-by: Szilard Parrag <[email protected]>

.chloggen/file-exporter_append_mode.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: fileexporter
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: File write mode is configurable now (truncate or append)
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [31364]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

exporter/fileexporter/README.md

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The following settings are optional:
   - localtime : [default: false (use UTC)] whether or not the timestamps in backup files is formatted according to the host's local time.
 
 - `format`[default: json]: define the data format of encoded telemetry data. The setting can be overridden with `proto`.
+- `append`[default: `false`] defines whether append to the file (`true`) or truncate (`false`). If `append: true` is set then setting `rotation` or `compression` is currently not supported.
 - `compression`[no default]: the compression algorithm used when exporting telemetry data to file. Supported compression algorithms:`zstd`
 - `flush_interval`[default: 1s]: `time.Duration` interval between flushes. See [time.ParseDuration](https://pkg.go.dev/time#ParseDuration) for valid formats. 
 NOTE: a value without unit is in nanoseconds and `flush_interval` is ignored and writes are not buffered if `rotation` is set.

exporter/fileexporter/config.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package fileexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collecto
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Path of the file to write to. Path is relative to current directory.
 	Path string `mapstructure:"path"`
 
+	// Mode defines whether the exporter should append to the file
+	// Options:
+	// - false[default]:  truncates the file
+	// - true:  appends to the file.
+	Append bool `mapstructure:"append"`
+
 	// Rotation defines an option about rotation of telemetry files
 	Rotation *Rotation `mapstructure:"rotation"`
 
@@ -70,6 +77,12 @@ func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
 	if cfg.Path == "" {
 		return errors.New("path must be non-empty")
 	}
+	if cfg.Append && cfg.Compression != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("append and compression enabled at the same time is not supported")
+	}
+	if cfg.Append && cfg.Rotation != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("append and rotation enabled at the same time is not supported")
+	}
 	if cfg.FormatType != formatTypeJSON && cfg.FormatType != formatTypeProto {
 		return errors.New("format type is not supported")
 	}

exporter/fileexporter/factory.go

@@ -129,10 +129,16 @@ func newFileExporter(conf *Config) FileExporter {
 	}
 }
 
-func newFileWriter(path string, rotation *Rotation, flushInterval time.Duration, export exportFunc) (*fileWriter, error) {
+func newFileWriter(path string, shouldAppend bool, rotation *Rotation, flushInterval time.Duration, export exportFunc) (*fileWriter, error) {
 	var wc io.WriteCloser
 	if rotation == nil {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+		fileFlags := os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE
+		if shouldAppend {
+			fileFlags |= os.O_APPEND
+		} else {
+			fileFlags |= os.O_TRUNC
+		}
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(path, fileFlags, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}

exporter/fileexporter/factory_test.go

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestNewFileWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := newFileWriter(tt.args.cfg.Path, tt.args.cfg.Rotation, tt.args.cfg.FlushInterval, nil)
+			got, err := newFileWriter(tt.args.cfg.Path, tt.args.cfg.Append, tt.args.cfg.Rotation, tt.args.cfg.FlushInterval, nil)
 			defer func() {
 				assert.NoError(t, got.file.Close())
 			}()

exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter.go

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (e *fileExporter) Start(_ context.Context, _ component.Host) error {
 	export := buildExportFunc(e.conf)
 
 	var err error
-	e.writer, err = newFileWriter(e.conf.Path, e.conf.Rotation, e.conf.FlushInterval, export)
+	e.writer, err = newFileWriter(e.conf.Path, e.conf.Append, e.conf.Rotation, e.conf.FlushInterval, export)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

exporter/fileexporter/file_exporter_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ func TestFlushing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	export := buildExportFunc(fe.conf)
 	var err error
-	fe.writer, err = newFileWriter(fe.conf.Path, fe.conf.Rotation, fe.conf.FlushInterval, export)
+	fe.writer, err = newFileWriter(fe.conf.Path, fe.conf.Append, fe.conf.Rotation, fe.conf.FlushInterval, export)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	err = fe.writer.file.Close()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -673,3 +674,86 @@ func TestFlushing(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualValues(t, b, bbuf.Bytes())
 	assert.NoError(t, fe.Shutdown(ctx))
 }
+
+func TestAppend(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &Config{
+		Path:          tempFileName(t),
+		FlushInterval: time.Second,
+		Append:        true,
+	}
+
+	// Create a buffer to capture the output.
+	bbuf := &tsBuffer{b: &bytes.Buffer{}}
+	buf := &NopWriteCloser{bbuf}
+	// Wrap the buffer with the buffered writer closer that implements flush() method.
+	bwc := newBufferedWriteCloser(buf)
+	// Create a file exporter with flushing enabled.
+	feI := newFileExporter(cfg)
+	assert.IsType(t, &fileExporter{}, feI)
+	fe := feI.(*fileExporter)
+
+	// Start the flusher.
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	fe.marshaller = &marshaller{
+		formatType:       fe.conf.FormatType,
+		tracesMarshaler:  tracesMarshalers[fe.conf.FormatType],
+		metricsMarshaler: metricsMarshalers[fe.conf.FormatType],
+		logsMarshaler:    logsMarshalers[fe.conf.FormatType],
+		compression:      fe.conf.Compression,
+		compressor:       buildCompressor(fe.conf.Compression),
+	}
+	export := buildExportFunc(fe.conf)
+	var err error
+	fe.writer, err = newFileWriter(fe.conf.Path, fe.conf.Append, fe.conf.Rotation, fe.conf.FlushInterval, export)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = fe.writer.file.Close()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fe.writer.file = bwc
+	fe.writer.start()
+
+	// Write 10 bytes.
+	b1 := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
+	i, err := safeFileExporterWrite(fe, b1)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, len(b1), i, "bytes written")
+
+	// Assert buf contains 0 bytes before flush is called.
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 0, bbuf.Len(), "before flush")
+
+	// Wait 1.5 sec
+	time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Assert buf contains 10 bytes after flush is called.
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, bbuf.Len(), "after flush")
+	// Compare the content.
+	assert.EqualValues(t, b1, bbuf.Bytes())
+	assert.NoError(t, fe.Shutdown(ctx))
+
+	// Restart the exporter
+	fe.writer, err = newFileWriter(fe.conf.Path, fe.conf.Append, fe.conf.Rotation, fe.conf.FlushInterval, export)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = fe.writer.file.Close()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	fe.writer.file = bwc
+	fe.writer.start()
+
+	// Write 10 bytes - again
+	b2 := []byte{11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20}
+	i, err = safeFileExporterWrite(fe, b2)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, len(b2), i, "bytes written")
+
+	// Assert buf contains 10 bytes before flush is called.
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 10, bbuf.Len(), "after restart - before flush")
+
+	// Wait 1.5 sec
+	time.Sleep(1500 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Assert buf contains 20 bytes after flush is called.
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 20, bbuf.Len(), "after restart - after flush")
+	// Compare the content.
+	bComplete := slices.Clone(b1)
+	bComplete = append(bComplete, b2...)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, bComplete, bbuf.Bytes())
+	assert.NoError(t, fe.Shutdown(ctx))
+}