Dash0

The Dash0 destination exports logs, metrics, and traces from a Bindplane pipeline to Dash0 over OTLP/HTTP. Telemetry is sent to your project's Dash0 ingestion endpoint with gzip compression, authenticated with a bearer token, and routed to a named dataset.

Supported Telemetry Types

Metrics	Logs	Traces
✓	✓	✓

Use Choose Telemetry Type to select which of these signals the destination exports. All three are enabled by default.

Prerequisites

You need a Dash0 account and the following before configuring this destination:

• Ingestion endpoint — the OTLP/HTTP ingestion URL for your project, found in your Dash0 project settings. See the Dash0 sending data guide.
• Auth token — a Dash0 auth token with permission to ingest telemetry. This is sent as a bearer token. Do not include the Bearer prefix in the value; Bindplane adds it.
• Dataset — the name of the dataset telemetry is written to. Datasets separate observability data within an organization.

Configuration

Connection

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Choose Telemetry Type	Telemetry Selector	No	Logs, Metrics, Traces	Which signal types to export.
Endpoint	String	Yes	(empty)	The Dash0 ingestion URL, as found in your project settings.
Bearer Token	String	Yes	(empty)	Bearer token for authenticating with the Dash0 API. Sensitive value.
Dataset Name	String	Yes	(empty)	The dataset to send telemetry to. Sent as the Dash0-Dataset header.

Advanced

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Timeout	Integer	Yes	30	Timeout in seconds for sending batches to the destination.
Drop Raw Copy	Boolean	No	true	When enabled, drops the raw copy of the log stored in log.record.original (logs only).

Retry on Failure

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Enable Retry on Failure	Boolean	No	true	Attempt to resend telemetry that failed to transmit.
Initial Interval	Integer	No	5	Seconds to wait after the first failure before retrying. Applies when retry is enabled.
Max Interval	Integer	No	30	Upper bound in seconds on backoff. Applies when retry is enabled.
Max Elapsed Time	Integer	No	300	Maximum seconds spent retrying a batch before giving up, to avoid a never-ending retry loop. Applies when retry is enabled.

Sending Queue

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Enable Sending Queue	Boolean	No	true	Buffer telemetry temporarily before sending to help avoid loss during a brief network outage.
Number of Consumers	Integer	No	10	Number of consumers that dequeue batches. Applies when the sending queue is enabled.
Queue Size	Integer	No	5000	Maximum number of batches kept in memory before dropping. Applies when the sending queue is enabled.
Enable Persistent Queuing	Boolean	No	true	Buffer telemetry to disk to help avoid loss during network outages or collector restarts. Applies when the sending queue is enabled.
Persistent Queue Storage	Extension	Yes	file_storage_persistent_queue	The storage extension used for the persistent queue. Applies when the sending queue and persistent queuing are enabled.

Examples

This destination exports metrics, traces, and logs to the Dash0 project identified by the endpoint, authenticated with the bearer token, and routed to the production dataset. Retry, sending queue, and persistent queuing are left at their defaults.

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Destination
metadata:
  name: dash0
spec:
  type: dash0
  parameters:
    - name: telemetry_types
      value:
        - Logs
        - Metrics
        - Traces
    - name: endpoint
      value: https://ingress.us-west-2.aws.dash0.com
    - name: bearer_token
      value: auth_REPLACE_WITH_DASH0_TOKEN
    - name: dataset_name
      value: production

Configuration Tips

• Copy the Endpoint and Bearer Token directly from your Dash0 project settings. The endpoint is region-specific, so a wrong region produces connection failures.
• Leave the persistent queue enabled in production. It buffers telemetry to disk, so data survives collector restarts and longer network outages that an in-memory queue alone would drop.
• Use distinct Dataset Name values to separate environments or teams within one Dash0 organization.

Troubleshooting

Authentication failures (401 / 403)

Symptoms: telemetry is rejected and the collector logs show 401 or 403 responses.

Solutions:

1. Confirm the Bearer Token is a valid Dash0 auth token with ingest permission.
2. Enter the token value only. Do not prepend Bearer ; Bindplane adds the prefix.

Connection errors or no data arriving

Symptoms: the collector cannot reach the endpoint, or telemetry never appears in Dash0.

Solutions:

1. Verify the Endpoint matches the OTLP/HTTP ingestion URL in your Dash0 project settings, including the correct region.
2. Confirm the Dataset Name matches an existing dataset; telemetry is routed by the Dash0-Dataset header.

Dropped telemetry under load

Symptoms: gaps in data during traffic spikes or network instability.

Solutions:

1. Keep Enable Sending Queue and Enable Persistent Queuing on so batches buffer instead of dropping.
2. Increase Queue Size or Number of Consumers if the in-memory queue fills during sustained spikes.

Standalone Destination

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Destination
metadata:
  name: dash0
spec:
  type: dash0
  parameters:
    - name: telemetry_types
      value:
        - Logs
        - Metrics
        - Traces
    - name: endpoint
      value: https://ingress.us-west-2.aws.dash0.com
    - name: bearer_token
      value: auth_REPLACE_WITH_DASH0_TOKEN
    - name: dataset_name
      value: production
    - name: timeout
      value: 30
    - name: retry_on_failure_enabled
      value: true
    - name: sending_queue_enabled
      value: true
    - name: persistent_queue_enabled
      value: true
    - name: persistent_queue_storage_extension
      value:
        type: file_storage_persistent_queue
        parameters:
          - name: persistent_queue_directory
            value: ${OIQ_OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOME}/storage
          - name: timeout
            value: 1
          - name: persistent_queue_fsync
            value: true

Related Resources

• OTLP/HTTP Exporter (otlphttpexporter)
• Dash0 — Sending data to Dash0