X-Ray: how to set index_all_attributes (or provide a list of attributes to index)? about amazon-cloudwatch-agent HOT 2 CLOSED

If you're using the X-Ray SDK, then the AWS X-Ray receiver should be able to retain the annotations set on the segments. If you're using the OTEL SDK, then there is a workaround where a slice attribute aws.xray.annotations can be added to spans (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib#17855) that includes the annotations that should be indexed. The AWS X-Ray exporter will remove this attribute before sending the segments to X-Ray.

The CloudWatch agent doesn't currently expose the index_all_attributes field in its configuration.

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Yes, setting an attribute like this:

attribute.StringSlice("aws.xray.annotations", annotationsToAdd),

where annotationsToAdd is a slice of attribute names was enough to get these indexed.

Thanks.

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