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azure-monitor-opentelemetry-tsPurpose, usage and source

Instrument applications with Azure Monitor and OpenTelemetry for JavaScript (@azure/monitor-opentelemetry). Use when adding distributed tracing, metrics, and logs to Node.js applications with Application Insights.

Source retrieved: 2026-10-29

Source repository: microsoft/skills
SKILL.md: .github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts/SKILL.md
Repository stars: 3,157
Repository updated: 2026-10-31
Categories: Cloud
Last collected: 2026-10-31 10:38 UTC+08:00

License: MIT

Source SKILL.md

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How the upstream workflow works

Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry SDK for TypeScript

Auto-instrument Node.js applications with distributed tracing, metrics, and logs.

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Best Practices

Call useAzureMonitor() first - Before importing other modules Use ESM loader for ESM projects - --import @azure/monitor-opentelemetry/loader

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Requirements and setup

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# Distro (recommended - auto-instrumentation)
npm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry

# Low-level exporters (custom OpenTelemetry setup)
npm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter

# Custom logs ingestion
npm install @azure/monitor-ingestion

Limits and quality checks

Quick Start (Auto-Instrumentation)

IMPORTANT: Call useAzureMonitor() BEFORE importing other modules.

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