opensearch-project / opensearch-project/data-prepper

Allow custom suffix for trace ingestion index alias

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enhancement
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently our trace ingestion index alias are reserved to be
spans: otel-v1-apm-span
service-map: otel-v1-service-map
There are user requests to allow custom suffix appended to the above

Describe the solution you'd like
add an index alias suffix setting for trace analytics index.

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Research direction

Start by locating the trace analytics index-alias configuration and the code that creates the spans and service-map aliases. Check existing tests around trace ingestion and alias naming. Done means a configurable suffix is accepted and consistently appended to both aliases, with tests covering the default and custom cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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