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Documentation for OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR

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Hi everyone,

In the docs it mentions that you can pass a "OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR" variable (see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/blob/e318c947a23152c8ff1700f0aad44261be0588cd/opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst#installation). However i can't find any documentation on how to define a custom python configurator.

Would it be possible to add documentation or link to where you can find documnetation on how do add a custom python configurator (i'm presuming this is a function that can be called to setup opentelemetry exporters etc for a given service which would be super useful).

Thanks in advance

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Start with the installation section of opentelemetry-instrumentation/README.rst linked in the issue and inspect the OTEL_PYTHON_CONFIGURATOR reference. Clarify how a custom configurator is defined and used, then document that workflow or link to its documentation; done means readers can configure it without guessing its interface.

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python
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Documentation
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