OpenTelemetry AWS Lambda Resource Detector for Golang

This module detects resource attributes available in AWS Lambda.

Installation

go get -u go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws/lambda

Usage

Create a sample Lambda Go application such as below.

package main

import (
	"github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go/lambda"
	sdktrace "go.opencensus.io/otel/sdk/trace"
	lambdadetector "go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws/lambda"
)

func main() {
	detector := lambdadetector.NewResourceDetector()
	res, err := detector.Detect(context.Background())
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Printf("failed to detect lambda resources: %v\n", err)
	}

	tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
		sdktrace.WithResource(res),
	)
	lambda.Start(<some lambda handler>)
}

Now your TracerProvider will have the following resource attributes and attach them to new spans:

Of note, faas.id and cloud.account.id are not set by the Lambda resource detector because they are not available outside a Lambda invocation. For this reason, when using the AWS Lambda Instrumentation these attributes are set as additional span attributes.

Useful links

• For more on FaaS attribute conventions, visit https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/faas/faas-spans/
• For more information on OpenTelemetry, visit: https://opentelemetry.io/
• For more about OpenTelemetry Go: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go
• For help or feedback on this project, join us in GitHub Discussions

License

Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE for more information.