{"categories":[{"label":"Monitoring","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-monitoring/4"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Automatically instruments Python applications to capture and report distributed traces to Splunk APM by patching supported libraries at runtime with OpenTelemetry-compatible tracers.","skillfed_tags":["observability","distributed-tracing","instrumentation"],"use_cases":["Instrument a Python web service to send distributed traces to a local or cloud-hosted Splunk APM instance without manual span creation.","Capture system metrics (CPU, memory, disk) alongside application traces for correlated observability.","Enable fleet management by connecting agents to Splunk Observability Cloud via OpAMP for centralized configuration and status monitoring.","Automatically trace calls across multiple Python libraries (Django, Flask, requests, etc.) by running opentelemetry-bootstrap.","Report Python package dependencies as structured logs for compliance and security scanning via the optional Cisco SecureApp extension."],"what_it_does":"splunk-opentelemetry is a Splunk-curated distribution of OpenTelemetry Python that bundles trace exporters, system metrics instrumentation, and logging instrumentation into a single package. It works by patching supported libraries at runtime to capture distributed traces and export them to Splunk APM or a local Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector. The distribution comes preconfigured with OTLP gRPC and HTTP exporters, unlimited trace limits for full-fidelity collection, and system metrics capture.\n\nYou install it, run opentelemetry-bootstrap to add instrumentation for your application's dependencies, then launch your app with the opentelemetry-instrument wrapper and environment variables. By default it sends traces to localhost:4317; you can redirect to Splunk Observability Cloud by setting SPLUNK_REALM and SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN. It also supports OpAMP for fleet management and an optional Cisco SecureApp extension for dependency reporting.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you are running Python 3.10+ and need distributed tracing to Splunk APM. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and requires no security patches. Setup is straightforward for standard deployments; consider it essential infrastructure for observability in Splunk-based environments. Not necessary if you use a different APM vendor or do not need distributed tracing."},"id":"splunk-opentelemetry","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/splunk-opentelemetry","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/splunk-opentelemetry.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/splunk-opentelemetry/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-04","license_spdx":"Apache-2.0","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"splunk-opentelemetry","python_support":"supports_current","summary":null},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":123220,"position":11918,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.12.1"}