How to install OpenTelemetry PHP Extension in VirtualMin

Login to ssh to your virtualmin server using root user. Run following commands cd /usr/local/src sudo git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-instrumentation.git cd opentelemetry-php-instrumentation/ext Build using PHP 8.2's tools phpize8.2 ./configure --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config8.2 make sudo make install Enable the extension in PHP 8.2 echo "extension=opentelemetry.so" | sudo tee /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/opentelemetry.ini sudo phpenmod -v 8.2 opentelemetry sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm Confirm successful installation php8.2 -m | grep opentelemetry

May 18, 2025 - 11:42

How to install OpenTelemetry PHP Extension in VirtualMin

Run following commands

cd /usr/local/src
sudo git clone https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-php-instrumentation.git
cd opentelemetry-php-instrumentation/ext

Build using PHP 8.2's tools

phpize8.2
./configure --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config8.2
make
sudo make install

Enable the extension in PHP 8.2

echo "extension=opentelemetry.so" | sudo tee /etc/php/8.2/mods-available/opentelemetry.ini
sudo phpenmod -v 8.2 opentelemetry
sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm

Confirm successful installation

php8.2 -m | grep opentelemetry