JS/Node.js SDK Setup Conventions

Status decision: declarative vs programmatic

The @opentelemetry/configuration package is experimental. Default to declarative config for new projects. Use the programmatic NodeSDK fallback below if stability is critical or the project needs runtime configuration that YAML cannot express.

Dependencies

npm install @opentelemetry/api @opentelemetry/sdk-node @opentelemetry/configuration
npm install @opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node
npm install @opentelemetry/semantic-conventions

Fetch the latest versions of these packages (see the otel-js skill's Sources of Truth) and pin them in package.json as appropriate for your project.