Quickstart

Send telemetry to LinkScope in five minutes using the OpenTelemetry Collector.

1. Create an API key

From the dashboard, open Settings → API keys and create a key scoped to an environment. Keep it in an environment variable:

export LINKSCOPE_API_KEY=lsk_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

2. Point your collector at the endpoint

exporters:
  otlp/linkscope:
    endpoint: api.linkscope.stream:443
    tls: { insecure: false }
    headers:
      x-api-key: ${LINKSCOPE_API_KEY}

service:
  pipelines:
    traces:  { receivers: [otlp], exporters: [otlp/linkscope] }
    metrics: { receivers: [otlp], exporters: [otlp/linkscope] }

3. Verify the stream

Use grpcurl to confirm the endpoint is reachable and TLS terminates correctly:

grpcurl -authority api.linkscope.stream \
  -H "x-api-key: $LINKSCOPE_API_KEY" \
  api.linkscope.stream:443 linkscope.ingest.v1.IngestService/Check

A healthy endpoint returns SERVING. If you see a TLS error, confirm your client trusts the public CA chain — LinkScope uses standard publicly-trusted certificates.

4. See your data

Open the dashboard; traces and metrics appear within a few seconds of the first export.