OpenTelemetry NestJS Instrumentation for Node.js
This module provides automatic instrumentation for the Nest framework module, which may be loaded using the @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node package and is included in the @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node bundle.
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 load a specific instrumentation (Nest in this case), specify it in the registerInstrumentations' configuration.
const { NodeTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
const { NestInstrumentation } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation-nestjs-core');
const { registerInstrumentations } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation');
const provider = new NodeTracerProvider();
provider.register();
registerInstrumentations({
instrumentations: [
new NestInstrumentation(),
],
});
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 package uses @opentelemetry/semantic-conventions version 1.22+, which implements Semantic Convention Version 1.7.0
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.method / http.request.method |
HTTP method. See "HTTP Semantic Convention migration" note below. |
http.url / url.full |
Full request URL. See "HTTP Semantic Convention migration" note below. |
* included in all of the spans.
HTTP Semantic Convention migration
HTTP semantic conventions (semconv) were stabilized in v1.23.0, and a migration process
was defined. This instrumentations adds some minimal HTTP-related
attributes on created spans. Starting with instrumentation-nestjs-core version
0.52.0, the OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN environment variable can be used to
customize which HTTP semantic conventions are used for those HTTP-related
attributes.
To select which semconv version(s) is emitted from this instrumentation, use the
OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN environment variable.
http: emit the new (stable) v1.23.0+ semanticshttp/dup: emit both the old v1.7.0 and the new (stable) v1.23.0+ semantics- By default, if
OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_INincludes neither of the above tokens, the old v1.7.0 semconv is used.
For this instrumentation, the only impacted attributes are as follows:
| v1.7.0 semconv | v1.23.0 semconv |
|---|---|
http.method |
http.request.method |
http.url |
url.full |
See the HTTP semconv migration plan for OpenTelemetry JS instrumentations for more details.
Useful links
- For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: https://opentelemetry.io/
- For more about OpenTelemetry JavaScript: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js
- For help or feedback on this project, join us in GitHub Discussions
License
Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for more information.