azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter-py

name	azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter-py
description	Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporter for Python. Use for low-level OpenTelemetry export to Application Insights.
type	skill
created	2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
domain	cloud-infrastructure
category	monitoring
risk	unknown
source	community
tags	["skill","cloud-infrastructure","monitoring","azure","monitor","opentelemetry"]

Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Exporter for Python

Low-level exporter for sending OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs to Application Insights.

Installation

pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter

Environment Variables

APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING=InstrumentationKey=xxx;IngestionEndpoint=https://xxx.in.applicationinsights.azure.com/

When to Use

Scenario	Use
Quick setup, auto-instrumentation	azure-monitor-opentelemetry (distro)
Custom OpenTelemetry pipeline	azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter (this)
Fine-grained control over telemetry	azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter (this)

Trace Exporter

from opentelemetry import trace
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter import AzureMonitorTraceExporter

# Create exporter
exporter = AzureMonitorTraceExporter(
    connection_string="InstrumentationKey=xxx;..."
)

# Configure tracer provider
trace.set_tracer_provider(TracerProvider())
trace.get_tracer_provider().add_span_processor(
    BatchSpanProcessor(exporter)
)

# Use tracer
tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
with tracer.start_as_current_span("my-span"):
    print("Hello, World!")

Metric Exporter

from opentelemetry import metrics
from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import PeriodicExportingMetricReader
 azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter  AzureMonitorMetricExporter


exporter = AzureMonitorMetricExporter(
    connection_string=
)


reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(exporter, export_interval_millis=)
metrics.set_meter_provider(MeterProvider(metric_readers=[reader]))


meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
counter = meter.create_counter()
counter.add(, {: })