OpenTelemetry NestJS Instrumentation for Node.js
This module provides automatic instrumentation for the Nest framework module.
If total installation size is not constrained, it is recommended to use the @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node bundle with @opentelemetry/sdk-node for the most seamless instrumentation experience.
Compatible with OpenTelemetry JS API and SDK 1.0+.
Installation
npm install --save @opentelemetry/instrumentation-nestjs-core
Supported Versions
@nestjs/coreversions>=4.0.0 <12
Usage
OpenTelemetry Nest Instrumentation allows the user to automatically collect trace data from the controller handlers and export them to the backend of choice.
To enable a specific instrumentation, pass it to registerInstrumentations().
This is commonly done via NodeSDK for fully setting up all OpenTelemetry SDK components:
const { NodeSDK } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-node');
const { NestInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-nestjs-core');
const sdk = new NodeSDK({
instrumentations: [
new NestInstrumentation(),
],
});
sdk.start();
process.once('beforeExit', async () => { await sdk.shutdown(); });
Emitted Spans
| Name | nestjs.type |
Description | Included attributes |
|---|---|---|---|
Create Nest App |
app_creation |
Traces the bootup for the Nest App. The NestFactory(Static).create call. |
nestjs.module |
<ControllerName>.<memberName> |
request_context |
Traces the whole request context. | http.*, nestjs.callback |
<memberName> |
handler |
Traces the work of a specific controller member function. | nestjs.callback |
Semantic Conventions
This instrumentation creates spans with attributes from the HTTP and NestJS semantic conventions.
The instrumentation-nestjs-core versions 0.66.0 and later emit the stable v1.23.0+ semantic conventions.
Attributes collected:
| Attribute | Short Description |
|---|---|
component* |
"@nestjs/core" |
nestjs.version* |
Version of instrumented @nestjs/core package |
nestjs.type* |
See NestType |
nestjs.module |
Nest module class name |
nestjs.controller |
Nest controller class name |
nestjs.callback |
The function name of the member in the controller |
http.route |
Route assigned to handler. Ex: /users/:id |
http.request.method |
HTTP method. |
url.full |
Full request URL. |
* included in all of the spans.
Useful links
- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: https://opentelemetry.io/
- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js
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License
Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for more information.