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Expand Up @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ To use the {{motlp}} you need the following:
:::::

:::::{step} Locate your {{motlp}}
% This anchor already exists. Hardcoding it here so i
:anchor: locate-your-motlp

To retrieve your {{motlp}} endpoint address and an API key, follow these steps:

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -100,22 +102,28 @@ To send data to the {{motlp}} from the {{edot}} Collector or the contrib Collect
```yaml
exporters:
otlp:
endpoint: https://<motlp-endpoint>
endpoint: https://<motlp-endpoint> <1>
headers:
Authorization: ApiKey <your-api-key>
Authorization: ApiKey <your-api-key> <2>
```

1. See [Step 2](#locate-your-motlp)
2. See [Step 3](##create-an-api-key)

Set the API key as an environment variable or directly in the configuration as shown in the example.
:::

:::{tab-item} OpenTelemetry SDK example
To send data to the {{motlp}} from {{edot}} SDKs or contrib SDKs, set the following variables in your application's environment:

```bash
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://<motlp-endpoint>"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=ApiKey <your-api-key>"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://<motlp-endpoint>" <1>
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="Authorization=ApiKey <your-api-key>" <2>
```

1. See [Step 2](#locate-your-motlp)
2. See [Step 3](##create-an-api-key)

Avoid extra spaces in the header. For Python SDKs replace any spaces with `%20`. For example:

```
Expand All @@ -141,11 +149,14 @@ Mount the secret as an environment variable or file, then reference it in your O
```yaml
exporters:
otlp:
endpoint: https://<motlp-endpoint>
endpoint: https://<motlp-endpoint> <1>
headers:
Authorization: ${API_KEY}
Authorization: ${API_KEY} <2>
```

1. See [Step 2](#locate-your-motlp)
2. See [Step 3](##create-an-api-key)

And in your deployment spec:

```yaml
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