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-/*
- * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-const { NodeSDK } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-node');
-const { ConsoleSpanExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
-const {
-  getNodeAutoInstrumentations,
-} = require('@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node');
-const {
-  PeriodicExportingMetricReader,
-  ConsoleMetricExporter,
-} = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-metrics');
-
-const sdk = new NodeSDK({
-  traceExporter: new ConsoleSpanExporter(),
-  metricReader: new PeriodicExportingMetricReader({
-    exporter: new ConsoleMetricExporter(),
-  }),
-  instrumentations: [getNodeAutoInstrumentations()],
-});
-
-sdk.start();