Register http instrumentation after the server has started

[Dharin-shah]

hi, i am trying to use opentelemetry as a plugin to a system, and the plugins are loaded after the server has started. And i believe thats the reason why, auto-loading traces like http are not getting loaded.
Is there a possible work-around for this ?

const { registerInstrumentations } = require('@opentelemetry/instrumentation');
  registerInstrumentations({
      instrumentation: [new HttpInstrumentation(), new ExpressInstrumentation()],
    });

[dyladan]

Due to the nature of auto instrumentation, it is important that it is loaded before anything else. Otherwise it is very difficult to make any guarantees. I would recommend that you use something like node's -r flag to load the instrumentation code before your application code.

[Dharin-shah]

okay, thanks, hmm that is going to be difficult it seems. But thanks for confirming.