Authentication without extension

This section describes how you can authenticate your third-party observability platform without an extension.

How you authenticate depends on your third-party observability platform. For specific field requirements, see the OpenTelemetry exporter documentation.

1. Inline exporter configuration: Some of the exporters include credential fields. Specify the credentials directly in the exporter.yaml file. For example,

   # Datadog — API key inline
   datadog/partner:
     api:
       key: "<datadog-api-key>"
       site: "datadoghq.com"
   
   # Splunk HEC — token inline
   splunk_hec/partner:
     endpoint: "https://splunk.example.com:8088/services/collector"
     token: "<hec-token>"
   
   # Prometheus remote write — bearer token / custom header inline
   prometheusremotewrite/partner:
     endpoint: "https://receive.example.com/api/v1/receive"
     headers:
       Authorization: "Bearer <token>"

2. You must export and verify. To export and verify, see the Exporting and verifying documentation.