OTEL connector - can it support Datadog APM traces for PostgreSQL

[jark-AB]

https://pganalyze.com/docs/collector/settings#opentelemetry-exporter-settings

I noticed there's some examples of Honeycomb / New Relic. Can the collector be instrumented for DataDog APM? We ingest postgreSQL traces to DD's APM Agent.

[lfittl]

@jark-AB I noticed that we never replied on this issue - the quick answer is, yes, it can.

Since Datadog doesn't support accepting OpenTelemetry protocol directly, you need to pass it through the Datadog agent, but otherwise it works the same way as for other providers. We're planning to document this explicitly in the future.

Are you still running into any questions/issues with this setup?

[jark-AB]

I noticed that we never replied on this issue - the quick answer is, yes, it can.

Since Datadog doesn't support accepting OpenTelemetry protocol directly, you need to pass it through the Datadog agent, but otherwise it works the same way as for other providers. We're planning to document this explicitly in the future.

Are you still running into any questions/issues with this setup?

We actually changed from DD to Grafana. Is integration with the PgAnalyze OTEL exporter and Grafana supported?