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Httpforwarder Extension

Status Available in: contrib, k8s Maintainers: @atoulme Source: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Overview

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.

Example

The full list of settings exposed for this exporter are documented in config.go with detailed sample configurations in testdata/config.yaml.

Configuration

Example Configuration


Last generated: 2026-08-24