Cannot run opentelemetry-instrument with prometheus as metric exporter

[oxeye-schmil]

Describe your environment
Python 3.9.13
opentelemetry-api 1.12.0rc2
opentelemetry-distro 0.32b0
opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus 1.12.0rc1
opentelemetry-instrumentation 0.32b0
opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask 0.32b0
opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging 0.32b0
opentelemetry-sdk 1.12.0rc2

Steps to reproduce
opentelemetry-instrument --traces_exporter console --metrics_exporter prometheus python3 ./main.py

What is the expected behavior?
What did you expect to see?

What is the actual behavior?
What did you see instead?

Configuration of configurator failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py", line 105, in _load_configurators
    entry_point.load()().configure(auto_instrumentation_version=__version__)  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 273, in configure
    self._configure(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 289, in _configure
    _initialize_components(kwargs.get("auto_instrumentation_version"))
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 233, in _initialize_components
    trace_exporters, metric_exporters, log_exporters = _import_exporters(
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 201, in _import_exporters
    for (exporter_name, exporter_impl,) in _import_config_components(
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 170, in _import_config_components
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Requested component 'prometheus' not found in entry points for 'opentelemetry_metrics_exporter'
Failed to auto initialize opentelemetry
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py", line 121, in initialize
    _load_configurators()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py", line 109, in _load_configurators
    raise exc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto_instrumentation/sitecustomize.py", line 105, in _load_configurators
    entry_point.load()().configure(auto_instrumentation_version=__version__)  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 273, in configure
    self._configure(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 289, in _configure
    _initialize_components(kwargs.get("auto_instrumentation_version"))
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 233, in _initialize_components
    trace_exporters, metric_exporters, log_exporters = _import_exporters(
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 201, in _import_exporters
    for (exporter_name, exporter_impl,) in _import_config_components(
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/[email protected]/3.9.13_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/opentelemetry/sdk/_configuration/__init__.py", line 170, in _import_config_components
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Requested component 'prometheus' not found in entry points for 'opentelemetry_metrics_exporter'

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[srikanthccv]

opentelemetry-python/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/setup.cfg

Lines 53 to 55 in 0b4f247

	[options.entry_points]
	opentelemetry_metric_reader =
	prometheus = opentelemetry.exporter.prometheus:PrometheusMetricReader

I think it was discussed to name it opentelemetry_metric_reader for Prometheus since it is an implementation of MetricReader. We will probably have to update the configuration to code handle this case separately.

[oxeye-schmil]

opentelemetry-python/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/setup.cfg

Lines 53 to 55 in 0b4f247

	[options.entry_points]
	opentelemetry_metric_reader =
	prometheus = opentelemetry.exporter.prometheus:PrometheusMetricReader

I think it was discussed to name it opentelemetry_metric_reader for Prometheus since it is an implementation of MetricReader. We will probably have to update the configuration to code handle this case separately.

What's flag to use for running it correctly

[srikanthccv]

There is none for the auto instrumentation right now.

[srikanthccv]

Discussion during 11th Aug call.

We are probably going to change the way we load the (metric) exporters for auto instrumentation which works regardless of the implementation type (push exporter/ pull metric reader) of exporter. The original proposal #2843 (comment)

[hendrikmakait]

I ran across the same issue when evaluating the possibility of instrumenting Dask with OTel. Is there any update on the proposal from #2843? I'd be happy to help with the implementation!

[srikanthccv]

@hendrikmakait what proposal are you referring to?

[hendrikmakait]

@srikanthccv: I'm referring to your comment above:

We are probably going to change the way we load the (metric) exporters for auto instrumentation which works regardless of the implementation type (push exporter/ pull metric reader) of exporter. The original proposal #2843 (comment)

[srikanthccv]

Contributions are always welcome. I think @aabmass comment #2843 (comment) is good way to approach this problem and it will support both push and pull exporter types. I would like to get the consensus on this from @open-telemetry/python-approvers before any work is actually started or if someone has any alternative methods?

[lzchen]

@srikanthccv

+1 to @aabmass 's approach.

[srikanthccv]

@hendrikmakait Please let us know if you would like to work on the implementation, and I will assign this to you. Feel free to ask any questions.

[aabmass]

I split the entrypoint work into a separate issue #3411 and I will work on it.

[aabmass]

This one will be fixed by #3413