Deploy this integration to auto-instrument your Node.js application running on AWS Lambda and send the traces to your Logz.io account. This is done by adding a dedicated layer for OpenTelemetry collector, a dedicated layer for Node.js auto-instrumentation and configuring environment variables of these layers. This integration will require no change to your application code.

This integration only works for the following AWS regions: us-east-1, us-east-2, us-west-1, us-west-2, ap-south-1, ap-northeast-3, ap-northeast-2, ap-southeast-1, ap-southeast-2, ap-northeast-1, eu-central-1, eu-west-1, eu-west-2, eu-west-3, eu-north-1, sa-east-1, ca-central-1.

Setup instructions

Before you begin, you’ll need:

  • AWS CLI
  • Configured AWS credentials
  • A Lambda function with a Node.js application that is not yet instrumented.

Adding environmental variables using the AWS CLI commands below, will overwrite all existing variables for your Lambda function.

This integration uses OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib, not the OpenTelemetry Collector Core.

Add the OpenTelemetry collector layer to your Lambda function

This layer contains the OpenTelemetry collector that will capture data from your application.

aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> --layers arn:aws:lambda:<<YOUR-AWS-REGION>>:486140753397:layer:logzio-opentelemetry-collector-layer:<<LAYER_VERSION>>

Replace <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> with the name of your Lambda function running the Node.js application.

Replace <<YOUR-AWS-REGION>> with the code of your AWS regions, e.g. us-east-1.

Replace <<LAYER_VERSION>> with the latest stable version for your region.

Region logzio-opentelemetry-collector-layer
us-east-1 14
us-east-2 3
us-west-1 2
us-west-2 2
eu-north-1 2
eu-west-1 3
eu-west-2 3
eu-west-3 2
ca-central-1 3
ap-northeast-1 3
ap-northeast-2 3
ap-northeast-3 2
ap-south-1 2
ap-southeast-1 2
ap-southeast-2 2
sa-east-1 2
Create a configuration file for the OpenTelemetry collector

By default, the OpenTelemetry collector layer exports data to the Lambda console. To customize the collector configuration, you need to add a collector.yaml to your function and specifiy its location via the OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.

The collector.yaml file will have the following configuration:

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317"
      http:
        endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318"

exporters:
  logzio/traces:
    account_token: "<<TRACING-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>"
    region: "<<LOGZIO_ACCOUNT_REGION_CODE>>"

service:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      receivers: [otlp]
      exporters: [logzio/traces]

Replace <<TRACING-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with the token of the account you want to ship to.

Replace <LOGZIO_ACCOUNT_REGION_CODE> with the applicable region code.

The tail_sampling defines the decision to sample a trace after the completion of all the spans in a request. By default, this configuration collects all traces that have a span that was completed with an error, all traces that are slower than 1000 ms, and 10% of the rest of the traces.

You can add more policy configurations to the processor. For more on this, refer to OpenTelemetry Documentation.

The configurable parameters in the Logz.io default configuration are:

Parameter Description Default
threshold_ms Threshold for the spand latency - all traces slower than the threshold value will be filtered in. 1000
sampling_percentage Sampling percentage for the probabilistic policy. 10
Direct the OpenTelemetry collector to the configuration file

Add OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_FILE variable to direct the OpenTelemetry collector to the configuration file:

aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> --environment Variables={OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR_CONFIG_FILE=/var/task/collector.yaml}

Replace <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> with the name of your Lambda function running the Node.js application.

Activate tracing for your Lambda function
aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> --tracing-config Mode=Active

Replace <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> with the name of your Lambda function running the Node.js application.

Add the OpenTelemetry Node.js wrapper layer to your Lambda function

The OpenTelemetry Node.js wrapper layer automatically instruments the Node.js application in your Lambda function.

aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> --layers arn:aws:lambda:<<YOUR-AWS-REGION>>:486140753397:layer:logzio-opentelemetry-nodejs-wrapper:<<LAYER_VERSION>>

Replace <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> with the name of your Lambda function running the Node.js application.

Replace <<YOUR-AWS-REGION>> with the code of your AWS regions, e.g. us-east-1.

Replace <<LAYER_VERSION>> with the latest stable version for your region.

Region logzio-opentelemetry-nodejs-wrapper
us-east-1 11
us-east-2 3
us-west-1 2
us-west-2 2
eu-north-1 2
eu-west-1 3
eu-west-2 3
eu-west-3 2
ca-central-1 3
ap-northeast-1 3
ap-northeast-2 3
ap-northeast-3 2
ap-south-1 2
ap-southeast-1 2
ap-southeast-2 2
sa-east-1 2
Add environment variable for the wrapper

Add the AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER environment variable to point to the otel-handler executable:

aws lambda update-function-configuration --function-name <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> --environment Variables={AWS_LAMBDA_EXEC_WRAPPER=/opt/otel-handler}

Replace <<YOUR-LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME>> with the name of your Lambda function running the Node.js application.