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NIC does not set default for otel-trace-context
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|*otel-exporter-header-name* | The name of a custom HTTP header to add to telemetry export request. `otel-exporter-endpoint` and `otel-exporter-header-value` required. | N/A | *"X-custom-header"* |
|*otel-exporter-header-value* | The value of a custom HTTP header to add to telemetry export request. `otel-exporter-endpoint` and `otel-exporter-header-name` required. | N/A | *"custom-value"* |
|*otel-service-name* | Sets the `service.name` attribute of the OTel resource. `otel-exporter-endpoint` required. | N/A | *"nginx-ingress-controller:nginx"* |
|*otel-trace-context* | Sets the [`otel_trace_context`](https://nginx.org/en/docs/ngx_otel_module.html#otel_trace_context) directive in NGINX configuration. `otel-exporter-endpoint` required. Possible values are `extract`, `inject`, `propagate`, `ignore`. | N/A | *"inject"* |
| *otel-trace-in-http* | Enables [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io) globally (for all Ingress, VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources). Set this to *"false"* to enable OpenTelemetry for individual routes with snippets. `otel-exporter-endpoint` required. | *"false"* | *"true"* |
|*opentracing* | Removed in v5.0.0. Enables [OpenTracing](https://opentracing.io) globally (for all Ingress, VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources). Note: requires the Ingress Controller image with OpenTracing module and a tracer. See the [docs]({{< ref "/nic/logging-and-monitoring/opentracing.md" >}}) for more information. | *False* | |
|*opentracing-tracer* | Removed in v5.0.0. Sets the path to the vendor tracer binary plugin. | N/A | |
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