From e94dd19191e0ba67d5d17c4504de5e97f512eb75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Flanders Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:32:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README to list proxy support. (#424) --- exporter/README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/exporter/README.md b/exporter/README.md index d21c134d8a3..20c90c8041d 100644 --- a/exporter/README.md +++ b/exporter/README.md @@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ Below is the list of exporters directly supported by the OpenTelemetry Collector The [contributors repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-service-contrib) has more exporters that can be added to custom builds of the service. +## Proxy Support + +Beyond standard YAML configuration as outlined in the sections that follow, +exporters that leverage the net/http package (all do today) also respect the +following proxy environment variables: + +* HTTP_PROXY +* HTTPS_PROXY +* NO_PROXY + +If set at Collector start time then exporters, regardless of protocol, +will or will not proxy traffic as defined by these environment variables. + ## Data Ownership When multiple exporters are configured to send the same data (e.g. by configuring multiple