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id: azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter
version: "1.0.0b56"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter — Microsoft Azure Monitor Opentelemetry Exporter Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter
uv add azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter
poetry add azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter

## Description

# Microsoft OpenTelemetry exporter for Azure Monitor

The exporter for Azure Monitor allows Python applications to export data from the OpenTelemetry SDK to Azure Monitor. The exporter is intended for users who require advanced configuration or have more complicated telemetry needs that require all of distributed tracing, logging and metrics. If you have simpler configuration requirements, we recommend using the [Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Distro](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/opentelemetry-enable?tabs=python) instead for a simpler one-line setup.

Prior to using this SDK, please read and understand [Data Collection Basics](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/opentelemetry-overview?tabs=python), especially the section on [telemetry types](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/app/opentelemetry-overview?tabs=python#telemetry-types). OpenTelemetry terminology differs from Application Insights terminology so it is important to understand the way the telemetry types map to each other.

[Source code](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter) | [Package (PyPi)][pypi] |...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Exports OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs from Python applications to Azure Monitor for distributed tracing, performance monitoring, and observability.

Verdict: Actively maintained beta exporter with low install friction and no security vulnerabilities. MIT license is permissive. Suitable for production use with Azure Monitor, though the logging signal is marked experimental. Requires Python 3.8+ and Azure credentials.

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