Post by Rainer Gerhards

Today we merged something important into rsyslog: a native OpenTelemetry (OTLP/HTTP) output module. This means rsyslog can now export logs directly to OTLP collectors – no sidecars, no translation layers, no workarounds. The new module, omotlp, supports: - batching (count, size, timeout) - retry & backoff handling - gzip compression - TLS/mTLS - proxy environments - full resource and attribute mapping - trace correlation (trace_id, span_id, flags) In short: rsyslog can now act as a first-class log forwarder into the OpenTelemetry ecosystem, including as a native syslog → OTEL gateway. Packages and container images with omotlp will be available soon. This is phase 1 for OTEL support, more to follow. We are specifically looking for early adopters. If you want to evaluate or integrate this into your environment, I’m happy to support you. Your feedback will help shape the next development stages (including gRPC and protobuf support). If you are exploring OpenTelemetry-based architectures and need a stable, high-performance ingestion pipeline, this might be interesting for you.