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Advanced configuration

Configuration Methods

You can pass a configuration options object when initializing Aspecto in code, like this for example:

require('@aspecto/opentelemetry')({
    serviceName: 'my-service',
    env: 'production',
    samplingRatio: 0.1
});

Or add configuration file named aspecto.json near your package.json with the same options as above:

{
    serviceName: 'my-service',
    env: 'production',
    samplingRatio: 0.1
}

Or use various environment variables, for example:

export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=my-service

Values are evaluated in the following priority:

1. options object

2. environment variables

3. config file

4. default values

Configuration Options

Available install configurations (all are optional):

Option	Environment Variable	Type	Default	Description
disableAspecto	DISABLE_ASPECTO	boolean	false (aspecto enabled)	Disable aspecto
env	NODE_ENV	string	process.env.NODE_ENV	Set environment name manually
aspectoAuth	ASPECTO_AUTH	UUID		Set Aspecto token from code instead of using aspecto.json
serviceName	OTEL_SERVICE_NAME	string	"name" in package.json	Set serviceName manually instead of reading it from package.json. For example: a service that runs in multiple "modes"
serviceVersion	OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION	string	"version" in package.json	Set serviceVersion manually instead of reading it from package.json
samplingRatio	ASPECTO_SAMPLING_RATIO	number	1.0	How many of the traces starting in this service should be sampled. Set to number in range [0.0, 1.0] where 0.0 is no sampling, and 1.0 is sample all. Specific rules set via aspecto app takes precedence
requireConfigForTraces	ASPECTO_REQUIRE_CONFIG_FOR_TRACES	boolean	false	When true, the SDK will not trace anything until remote sampling configuration arrives (few hundreds ms). Can be used to enforce sampling configuration is always applied, with the cost of losing traces generated during service startup.
logger	-	logger interface		Logger to be used in this tracing library. Common use for debugging logger: console
collectPayloads	ASPECTO_COLLECT_PAYLOADS	boolean	true	Should Aspecto SDK collect payloads of operations
otlpCollectorEndpoint	OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT	string	https://otelcol-fast.aspecto.io/v1/trace	Target URL to which the OTLP http exporter is going to send spans
exportBatchSize	ASPECTO_EXPORT_BATCH_SIZE	number	100	How many spans to batch in a single export to the collector
exportBatchTimeoutMs	ASPECTO_EXPORT_BATCH_TIMEOUT_MS	number	1000 (1s)	Maximum time in ms for batching spans before sending to collector
writeSystemLogs	-	boolean	false	If true, emit all log messages from Opentelemetry SDK to supplied logger if present, or to console if missing
customZipkinEndpoint	-	URL		Send all traces to additional Zipkin server for debug
sqsExtractContextPropagationFromPayload	ASPECTO_SQS_EXTRACT_CONTEXT_PROPAGATION_FROM_PAYLOAD	boolean	true	For aws-sdk instrumentation. Should be true when the service receiveMessages from SQS which is subscribed to SNS and subscription configured with "Raw message delivery": Disabled. Setting to false is a bit more performant as it turns off JSON parse on message payload
extractB3Context	ASPECTO_EXTRACT_B3_CONTEXT	boolean	false	Set to true when the service receives requests from another instrumented component that propagate context via B3 protocol multi or single header. For example: Envoy Proxy, Ambassador and Istio
injectB3ContextSingleHeader	ASPECTO_INJECT_B3_CONTEXT_SINGLE_HEADER	boolean	false	Set to true when the service send traffic to another instrumented component that propagate context via B3 single header protocol
injectB3ContextMultiHeader	ASPECTO_INJECT_B3_CONTEXT_MULTI_HEADER	boolean	false	Set to true when the service send traffic to another instrumented component that propagate context via B3 multi header protocol. For example: Envoy Proxy, Istio

Advanced Settings

Exporting Format

Data collected by the SDK is sent to Aspecto's collector in protobuf format by default. An alternative is to send the data in JSON format, which uses less CPU for encoding the message but is more verbose - causing more data to be sent over the network. To export data over JSON instead of protobuf, set the environment variable ASPECTO_TRACE_EXPORT_JSON to any value.

Disabling Aspecto

Set the environment variable DISABLE_ASPECTO to any value, to disable Aspecto. Affect lambda and GCF wrappers as well. Useful when running unit tests, or as a simple kill switch.