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Httpforwarder Extension

Status Available in: contrib Source: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

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Overview

This extension accepts HTTP requests, optionally adds headers to them and forwards them. The RequestURIs of the original requests are preserved by the extension.

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Configuration

The following settings are required:
  • egress: HTTP config settings to use for forwarding requests.
    • endpoint (no default): The target to which requests should be forwarded to.
The following settings can be optionally configured:
  • ingress: HTTP config settings for HTTP server listening to requests.
    • endpoint (default = 0.0.0.0:6060): The host to which requests should be forwarded to.
  • egress: HTTP config settings to use for forwarding requests.
    • headers (default = nil): Additional headers to be added to all requests passing through the extension.
    • timeout (default = 10s): How long to wait for each request to complete.

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Example

  http_forwarder:
    ingress:
      endpoint: localhost:7070
    egress:
      endpoint: http://target/
      headers:
        otel_http_forwarder: dev
      timeout: 5s
The full list of settings exposed for this exporter are documented here with detailed sample configurations here.

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Configuration

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Example Configuration

http_forwarder:
http_forwarder/1:
  ingress:
    endpoint: http://localhost:7070
  egress:
    endpoint: http://target/
    headers:
      otel_http_forwarder: dev
    timeout: 5s
Last generated: 2026-04-14