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Migrate from Dynatrace to Logfire

Dynatrace has a native OTLP HTTP endpoint (https://<your-env>.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/otlp), authenticated with an Authorization: Api-Token <token> header, and ships the Dynatrace Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector (the Dynatrace OTel Collector). Both are standard OpenTelemetry, so migrating to Logfire is an exporter change — see Migrate to Logfire for the general shape.

You’ll need a Logfire write token and your region endpoint (https://logfire-us.pydantic.dev or -eu).

If your apps export OTLP

Point the SDK at Logfire and replace the Dynatrace API token with Logfire’s write token:

Terminal
# before (Dynatrace):
#   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://<env>.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/otlp
#   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=Api-Token dt0c01.XXXX'
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://logfire-us.pydantic.dev
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL=http/protobuf
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS='Authorization=your-write-token'
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=your-service-name

If you run the Dynatrace Collector

Replace the Dynatrace OTLP exporter with one that targets Logfire:

exporters:
  otlphttp/logfire:
    endpoint: "https://logfire-us.pydantic.dev"  # or https://logfire-eu.pydantic.dev
    headers:
      # was: Authorization: "Api-Token dt0c01.XXXX"
      Authorization: "Bearer ${env:LOGFIRE_TOKEN}"

service:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      exporters: [otlphttp/logfire]
    metrics:
      exporters: [otlphttp/logfire]
    logs:
      exporters: [otlphttp/logfire]

Keep both exporters in the pipeline to run in parallel during a cutover.

Verify

Run your workload and open the Live view. Traces should appear within seconds.

See also