attributesprocessor

Attributes Processor

Supported pipeline types: traces, logs.

The attributes processor modifies attributes of a span. Please refer to config.go for the config spec.

It optionally supports the ability to include/exclude spans.

It takes a list of actions which are performed in order specified in the config. The supported actions are:

• insert: Inserts a new attribute in spans where the key does not already exist.
• update: Updates an attribute in spans where the key does exist.
• upsert: Performs insert or update. Inserts a new attribute in spans where the key does not already exist and updates an attribute in spans where the key does exist.
• delete: Deletes an attribute from a span.
• hash: Hashes (SHA1) an existing attribute value.
• extract: Extracts values using a regular expression rule from the input key to target keys specified in the rule. If a target key already exists, it will be overridden. Note: It behaves similar to the Span Processor to_attributes setting with the existing attribute as the source.

For the actions insert, update and upsert,

• key is required
• one of value or from_attribute is required
• action is required.

  # Key specifies the attribute to act upon.
- key: <key>
  action: {insert, update, upsert}
  # Value specifies the value to populate for the key.
  # The type is inferred from the configuration.
  value: <value>

  # Key specifies the attribute to act upon.
- key: <key>
  action: {insert, update, upsert}
  # FromAttribute specifies the attribute from the span to use to populate
  # the value. If the attribute doesn't exist, no action is performed.
  from_attribute: <other key>

For the delete action,

• key is required
• action: delete is required.

# Key specifies the attribute to act upon.
- key: <key>
  action: delete

For the hash action,

• key is required
• action: hash is required.

# Key specifies the attribute to act upon.
- key: <key>
  action: hash

For the extract action,

• key is required
• pattern is required.

# Key specifies the attribute to extract values from.
# The value of `key` is NOT altered.
- key: <key>
 # Rule specifies the regex pattern used to extract attributes from the value
 # of `key`.
 # The submatchers must be named.
 # If attributes already exist, they will be overwritten.
 pattern: <regular pattern with named matchers>
 action: extract

The list of actions can be composed to create rich scenarios, such as back filling attribute, copying values to a new key, redacting sensitive information. The following is a sample configuration.

processors:
  attributes/example:
    actions:
      - key: db.table
        action: delete
      - key: redacted_span
        value: true
        action: upsert
      - key: copy_key
        from_attribute: key_original
        action: update
      - key: account_id
        value: 2245
      - key: account_password
        action: delete
      - key: account_email
        action: hash

Refer to config.yaml for detailed examples on using the processor.