> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.langtrace.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Dash0

> Langtrace and Dash0 Integration Guide.

## Overview

[Dash0](https://www.dash0.com) is an OpenTelemetry native observability solutions that helps developers monitor their applications and troubleshoot issues.
It provides features for monitoring and analyzing traces, metrics, and logs as well as support for other CNCF projects like Perses.

## Environment Variables

Set up the following environment variables to enable OpenTelemetry tracing and send traces to Dash0:

```bash theme={null}
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://ingress.<region>.aws.dash0.com"
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authentication=Bearer <your-accces-token>"
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=<your-service-name>"
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL="http"
```

<Note>
  For the `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL`, both `grpc` and `http` protocols are
  supported. Choose the one that correlates to the chosen endpoint.
</Note>