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OTEL-072: OpenCensus receiver/exporter (deprecated, migrate to OTLP)

Severity: warn (advisory)

Rule Details​

OpenCensus was the predecessor to OpenTelemetry; its wire protocol is in long-term deprecation. The opencensus receiver and exporter are still shipped for migration purposes but should not be used for new pipelines. Switch clients and backends to OTLP, which is the supported protocol for every current Collector component.

This rule fires when a receiver or exporter whose base name is opencensus is declared.

Options​

This rule has no options.

Examples​

Avoid
receivers:
  opencensus:
    endpoint: localhost:55678

exporters:
  opencensus:
    endpoint: legacy-backend:55678
Prefer
receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
        endpoint: localhost:4317

exporters:
  otlp/backend:
    endpoint: backend:4317

When Not To Use It​

Mid-migration Collectors that still need to bridge legacy OpenCensus clients to an OTLP backend. Once the clients are upgraded, remove the receiver/exporter.

  • OTEL-071 — logging exporter deprecated
  • OTEL-073 — memory_limiter ballast_size_mib deprecated
  • OTEL-074 — service.telemetry.metrics.address deprecated

Version​

Available since augur v0.1.0.

Further Reading​

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