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[exporter/instana] Consider deprecating component #31765

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crobert-1 opened this issue Mar 14, 2024 · 6 comments · Fixed by #31821
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[exporter/instana] Consider deprecating component #31765

crobert-1 opened this issue Mar 14, 2024 · 6 comments · Fixed by #31821

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I bumped into this while reading #30048, but for context, IBM Instana Observability is a vendor-specific backend that accepts trace data.

According to their documentation, this exporter is deprecated for usage. The officially recommended way to use the OpenTelemetry Collector to export telemetry is to use the OTLP exporter, and set a specific setting in your Instana backend.

Is there a reason to keep this exporter? Note that marking it as deprecated is not deleting it, but simply a notification that users should migrate to what Instana officially supports. Read here for deprecation information in the collector.

@crobert-1 crobert-1 added the needs triage New item requiring triage label Mar 14, 2024
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jpkrohling commented Mar 15, 2024

Sounds good to me, but given this is owned by a vendor, I'd request their input on this. @hickeyma, would you please comment on this?

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@joshleecreates Do you mind answering this?

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Yes, we should mark this as deprecated, thank you!

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Thanks @hickeyma and @joshleecreates! Sorry about posting this out of the blue, it was meant more to be a question than anything else. I definitely didn't mean to push anything one way or another.

I've opened a PR (#31821) that makes this change, but it's no problem to keep the exporter in this repository for as long as you need. The goal is to accurately reflect documentation and status here. 👍

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No problem at all, thank you for catching the discrepancy!

dmitryax pushed a commit that referenced this issue Mar 26, 2024
**Description:**
Official Instana documentation recommends using the OTLP exporter with
specific configuration options, and already states this exporter is
deprecated.

**Link to tracking Issue:** Resolves #31765
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