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OpenTelemetry Audit Logs

  • Introduction

Introduction

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This document explains how server logs in XProtect VMS are modernized through integration with OpenTelemetry, a widely adopted framework for collecting and ex-porting telemetry data. The goal is to provide a clear overview of:

  • What is OpenTelemetry and how it works.

  • How OpenTelemetry has been integrated into the XProtect architecture for server logs (limited to audit logs).

  • How to configure OpenTelemetry in an XProtect deployment.

By using OpenTelemetry’s standardized pipeline, XProtect can now export audit logs directly to external backends like ElasticSearch, Application Insights, or Gray-log. This simplifies the system architecture, improves scalability, and makes it eas-ier to work with logs using modern observability tools.

Whether you're designing a new deployment or updating an existing one, this docu-ment will guide you through the concepts, architecture, and configuration needed to use OpenTelemetry effectively with XProtect.