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Logback

OpenTelemetry Java agent instrumentation

This instrumentation bridges Logback log events to OpenTelemetry logs.

Name: logback-appender-1.0
Scope: io.opentelemetry.logback-appender-1.0
Target versions: ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:[0.9.16,)
Library: https://logback.qos.ch/

Configuration

Option	Type	Default	Description
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental-log-attributes`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of experimental log attributes, including thread name and thread ID.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-arguments`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of log message arguments as separate attributes.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-code-attributes`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of code location attributes, including file path, class name, method name, and line number.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-key-value-pair-attributes`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of attributes from Logback key-value pairs.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logger-context-attributes`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of attributes from the Logback logger context.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logstash-marker-attributes`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of attributes from Logstash markers.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logstash-structured-arguments`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of attributes from Logstash structured arguments.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-marker-attribute`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of the Logback marker attribute.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-mdc-attributes`	list		Controls which MDC attributes to capture. Use "*" to capture all MDC attributes or provide a comma-separated list of specific keys.
`otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-template`	boolean	false	Enables the capture of the log message template before parameter substitution.

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