To set up tracing in a PAS for OpenEdge agent, perform the following steps:

  1. Download an OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector.

    For more information, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases.

  2. Set up the OTel Collector with the required configuration.
    For an example configuration file, see Sample OpenTelemetry Collector configuration file.

    For more information, see OpenTelemetry documentation.

  3. Start the OTel Collector with the required configuration.

    For more information, see OpenTelemetry documentation.

  4. Configure the OpenEdge configuration file.

    For more information, see OpenEdge configuration file. For the sample configuration file, see Sample configuration file.

  5. Specify the otelConfigFile=<configuration file name> property in the openedge.properties file and start the PAS for OpenEdge agent to enable tracing.

    For more information, see Start PAS for OpenEdge agent to enable OpenTelemetry tracing.