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layout: docs
page_title: Send access logs to OpenTelemetry collector service
description: Learn how to use the `otel-access-logging` Envoy extension to send access logs to OpenTelemetry collector service.
---
# Send access logs to OpenTelemetry collector service
This topic describes how to use the OpenTelemetry Access Logging Envoy extension to send access logs to OpenTelemetry collector service.
## Workflow
Complete the following steps to use the OpenTelemetry Access Logging extension:
1. Configure an `EnvoyExtensions` block in a service defaults or proxy defaults configuration entry.
1. Apply the configuration entry.
## Add the `EnvoyExtensions`
Add Envoy extension configurations to a proxy defaults or service defaults configuration entry. Place the extension configuration in an `EnvoyExtensions` block in the configuration entry.
- When you configure Envoy extensions on proxy defaults, they apply to every service.
- When you configure Envoy extensions on service defaults, they apply to a specific service.
Consul applies Envoy extensions configured in proxy defaults before it applies extensions in service defaults. As a result, the Envoy extension configuration in service defaults may override configurations in proxy defaults.
The following example shows a service defaults configuration entry for the `api` service that directs the Envoy proxy to make gRPC OpenTelemetry Access Logging requests to the `otel-collector` service:
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="HCL" group="hcl">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="api-otel-collector-service-defaults.hcl">
```hcl
Kind = "service-defaults"
Name = "api"
EnvoyExtensions = [
{
Name = "builtin/otel-access-logging"
Arguments = {
ProxyType = "connect-proxy"
Config = {
GrpcService = {
Target = {
Service = {
Name = "otel-collector"
}
}
}
}
}
}
]
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="JSON" group="json">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="api-otel-collector-service-defaults.json">
```json
"Kind": "service-defaults",
"Name": "api",
"EnvoyExtensions": [{
"Name": "builtin/otel-access-logging",
"Arguments": {
"ProxyType": "connect-proxy",
"Config": {
"GrpcService": {
"Target": {
"Service": {
"Name": "otel-collector"
}
}
}
}
}
}]
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Kubernetes" group="yaml">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="api-otel-collector-service-defaults.yaml">
```yaml
apiVersion: consul.hashicorp.com/v1alpha1
kind: ServiceDefaults
metadata:
name: api
namespace: default
spec:
envoyExtensions:
- name: builtin/otel-access-logging
arguments:
proxyType: connect-proxy
config:
grpcService:
target:
service:
name: otel-collector
namespace: otel-collector
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
</Tabs>
Refer to the [OpenTelemetry Access Logging extension configuration reference](/consul/docs/connect/proxies/envoy-extensions/configuration/otel-access-logging) for details on how to configure the extension.
Refer to the [proxy defaults configuration entry reference](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/proxy-defaults) and [service defaults configuration entry reference](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/service-defaults) for details on how to define the configuration entries.
!> **Warning:** Adding Envoy extensions default proxy configurations may have unintended consequences. We recommend configuring `EnvoyExtensions` in service defaults configuration entries in most cases.
### Unsupported Envoy configuration fields
The following Envoy configurations are not supported:
| Configuration | Workaround |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `transport_api_version` | Consul only supports v3 of the transport API. As a result, there is no workaround for implementing the behavior of this field. |
## Apply the configuration entry
If your network is deployed to virtual machines, use the `consul config write` command and specify the proxy defaults or service defaults configuration entry to apply the configuration. For Kubernetes-orchestrated networks, use the `kubectl apply` command. The following example applies the extension in a proxy defaults configuration entry.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="HCL" group="hcl">
```shell-session
$ consul config write api-otel-collector-service-defaults.hcl
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="JSON" group="json">
```shell-session
$ consul config write api-otel-collector-service-defaults.json
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Kubernetes" group="kubernetes">
```shell-session
$ kubectl apply -f api-otel-collector-service-defaults.yaml
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>