GoToSocial/docs/configuration/observability.md

Observability

These settings let you tune and configure certain observability related behaviours.

Metrics

Before enabling metrics, read the guide and ensure you've taken the appropriate security measures for your setup.

Settings

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# String. Header name to use to extract a request or trace ID from. Typically set by a
# loadbalancer or proxy.
# Default: "X-Request-Id"
request-id-header: "X-Request-Id"

# Bool. Enable OpenTelemetry based tracing support.
# Default: false
tracing-enabled: false

# String. Set the transport protocol for the tracing system. Can either be "grpc" 
# for OTLP gRPC, or "http" for OTLP HTTP.
# Options: ["grpc", "http"]
# Default: "grpc"
tracing-transport: "grpc"

# String. Endpoint of the trace ingester. When using the gRPC or HTTP based 
# transports, provide the endpoint as a single address/port combination without a 
# protocol scheme.
# Examples: ["localhost:4317"]
# Default: ""
tracing-endpoint: ""

# Bool. Disable TLS for the gRPC and HTTP transport protocols.
# Default: false
tracing-insecure-transport: false

# Bool. Enable OpenTelemetry based metrics support.
# Default: false
metrics-enabled: false

# Bool. Enable HTTP Basic Authentication for Prometheus metrics endpoint.
# Default: false
metrics-auth-enabled: false

# String. Username for Prometheus metrics endpoint.
# Default: ""
metrics-auth-username: ""

# String. Password for Prometheus metrics endpoint.
# Default: ""
metrics-auth-password: ""