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title: "Datadog exporter via OTLP for Tracing & Metrics"
canonical: "https://support.apollographql.com/space/ETKB/715489319/Datadog%20exporter%20via%20OTLP%20for%20Tracing%20%26%20Metrics"
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To adhere to best practice guidelines, use [OTLP](https://opentelemetry.io/) with the [Datadog Exporter](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/collector_exporter/) for tracing and metrics rather than the [Datadog native implementation](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/configuration/telemetry/exporters/tracing/datadog/#datadog-native-configuration) which will soon be deprecated. 

Further considerations:

- [Applicable Router Configurations](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/configuration/telemetry/exporters/metrics/overview)
- [Sending Apollo Router Traces and Metrics to APM Tools Using OpenTelemetry](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/technotes/TN0015-router-to-apm-via-opentelemetry/)
- [OTLP Configuration for Tracing](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/configuration/telemetry/exporters/tracing/datadog/#otlp-configuration)
- [OTLP Configuration for Metrics](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/configuration/telemetry/exporters/metrics/datadog)
- [K8 telemetry configurations](https://www.apollographql.com/docs/router/containerization/kubernetes/#deploy-with-metrics-endpoints)