diff --git a/specification/protocol/exporter.md b/specification/protocol/exporter.md index 0083d7b9b..6a1841350 100644 --- a/specification/protocol/exporter.md +++ b/specification/protocol/exporter.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This document specifies the configuration options available to the OpenTelemetry The following configuration options MUST be available to configure the OTLP exporter. Each configuration option MUST be overridable by a signal specific option. -- **Endpoint (OTLP/HTTP)**: Target URL to which the exporter is going to send spans or metrics. The endpoint MUST be a valid URL with scheme (http or https) and host, MAY contain a port, SHOULD contain a path and MUST NOT contain other parts (such as query string or fragment). A scheme of https indicates a secure connection. When using `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT`, exporters MUST construct per-signal URLs as [described below](#per-signal-urls). The per-signal endpoint configuration options take precedence and can be used to override this behavior (the URL is used as-is for them, without any modifications). See the [OTLP Specification][otlphttp-req] for more details. +- **Endpoint (OTLP/HTTP)**: Target URL to which the exporter is going to send spans or metrics. The endpoint MUST be a valid URL with scheme (http or https) and host, MAY contain a port, SHOULD contain a path and MUST NOT contain other parts (such as query string or fragment). A scheme of https indicates a secure connection. When using `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT`, exporters MUST construct per-signal URLs as [described below](#endpoint-urls-for-otlphttp). The per-signal endpoint configuration options take precedence and can be used to override this behavior (the URL is used as-is for them, without any modifications). See the [OTLP Specification][otlphttp-req] for more details. - Default: `http://localhost:4318` [1] - Env vars: `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT` `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT` @@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ Supported values for `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_*COMPRESSION` options: - `none` if compression is disabled. - `gzip` is the only specified compression method for now. - - ### Endpoint URLs for OTLP/HTTP Based on the environment variables above, the OTLP/HTTP exporter MUST construct URLs