How do I use OTEL_LOG_LEVEL

[jonaskello]

I'm trying to use OTEL_LOG_LEVEL to set the diagnose log level according to the standard environment variables but it has no effect:

In env:

OTEL_LOG_LEVEL=verbose

In code:

  api.diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger());

I would expect the above to log diagnostics to the console at level set by env variable OTEL_LOG_LEVEL but the log level is not affected regardless of what i set the varible to.

It works if I set it expclictly in code like this:

  api.diag.setLogger(new DiagConsoleLogger(), DiagLogLevel.VERBOSE);

[vmarchaud]

There is an discussion about this here: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-api#102, the environment variable isn't respected for now

[jonaskello]

Aha, thanks!