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The documentation was misleading end users. The documentation says the default for OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT is http://localhost:4318/v1/traces. When they want to send data to a different backend they are inclined to use http://my-backend:4318/v1/traces which will not work.

@alanwest alanwest requested a review from a team February 27, 2024 17:53
@lalitb lalitb added the pr:do-not-merge This PR is not ready to be merged. label Feb 27, 2024
@ThomsonTan ThomsonTan removed the pr:do-not-merge This PR is not ready to be merged. label Feb 27, 2024
@marcalff marcalff merged commit ba18304 into open-telemetry:main Feb 28, 2024
@marcalff marcalff changed the title Fix OTLP documentation: Default endpoint is wrong for OTLP/HTTP [DOC] Fix OTLP documentation: Default endpoint is wrong for OTLP/HTTP Feb 28, 2024
@alanwest alanwest deleted the patch-1 branch February 28, 2024 17:29
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