# Istio Telemetry API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/istio/telemetry-api/  
**Provider:** Istio — https://apis.io/providers/istio/  
**Documentation:** https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/telemetry/

Istio Telemetry API is one of 14 APIs that [Istio](https://apis.io/providers/istio/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition. Tagged areas include Metrics, Observability, Service Mesh, Telemetry, and Tracing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

The Istio Telemetry API (telemetry.istio.io) provides configuration resources for managing observability within an Istio service mesh. The Telemetry resource enables flexible configuration of metrics, access logs, and distributed tracing for workloads. It uses the concept of providers to indicate the protocol or integration type, and supports fine-grained control over what telemetry data is collected and where it is sent.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/telemetry/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/istio/refs/heads/main/openapi/istio-telemetry-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/istio/refs/heads/main/json-schema/telemetry.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/istio/refs/heads/main/json-ld/istio-context.jsonld
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/istio/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Istio APIs (12)

- [Istio Mesh Config API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/mesh-config-api/)
- [Istio Operator API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/operator-api/)
- [Istio AuthorizationPolicy API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-authorizationpolicy-api/)
- [Istio DestinationRule API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-destinationrule-api/)
- [Istio Gateway API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-gateway-api/)
- [Istio PeerAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-peerauthentication-api/)
- [Istio RequestAuthentication API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-requestauthentication-api/)
- [Istio ServiceEntry API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-serviceentry-api/)
- [Istio Sidecar API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-sidecar-api/)
- [Istio VirtualService API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-virtualservice-api/)
- [Istio WasmPlugin API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-wasmplugin-api/)
- [Istio WorkloadEntry API](https://apis.io/apis/istio/istio-workloadentry-api/)

## Tags

Metrics, Observability, Service Mesh, Telemetry, Tracing

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