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

• >=4.0.0

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

Attributes

| Name | 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.method | HTTP method | http.url | Full request URL | http.route | Route assigned to handler. Ex: /users/:id

* 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.