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title: "Direct to Sentry"
description: "Send OpenTelemetry traces and logs directly to Sentry from your OTel SDK."
url: https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct/
---

# Direct OTLP Export

Configure your OpenTelemetry SDK to send traces and logs directly to Sentry's OTLP endpoints without an intermediary.

Use direct export when:

* You want the simplest setup
* You don't need to process or transform telemetry before sending
* You're not aggregating data from multiple sources

If you need to collect data from infrastructure, transform data, or route to multiple destinations, see [Forwarding](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/forwarding.md) instead.

## [Export Guides](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct.md#export-guides)

* [Traces](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct/traces.md) - Send OTel traces to Sentry
* [Logs](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct/logs.md) - Send OTel logs to Sentry

## Pages in this section

- [Traces](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct/traces.md)
- [Logs](https://docs.sentry.io/concepts/otlp/direct/logs.md)