allow multiple log group names/arns to be set in environmental variables for xray exporter

exporter/awsxrayexporter/README.md

@@ -91,8 +91,11 @@ following values that are evaluated in this order:
 In the case of multiple values are defined, the value with higher precedence will be used to set the `cloudwatch_logs` AWS Property.
 
 `aws.log.group.arns` and `aws.log.group.names` are slice resource attributes that can be set programmatically.
-Alternatively those resource attributes can be set using the [`OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` environment variable](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/resource/sdk.md#specifying-resource-information-via-an-environment-variable). In this case only a single log group/log group arn can
-be provided as a string rather than a slice.
+Alternatively those resource attributes can be set using the [`OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` environment variable](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/resource/sdk.md#specifying-resource-information-via-an-environment-variable). To set multiple log group names /log group arns, you can use `&`
+to separate them. For example, 3 log groups `log-group1`, `log-group2`, and `log-group3` are set in the following command:
+```
+export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="aws.log.group.names=log-group1&log-group2&log-group3"
+```
 
 ## AWS Credential Configuration
 

exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/aws.go

@@ -272,16 +272,35 @@ func makeAws(attributes map[string]pcommon.Value, resource pcommon.Resource, log
 	return filtered, awsData
 }
 
+func getLogGroupNamesOrArns(logGroupNamesOrArns string) []string {
+	// Split the input string by '&'
+	items := strings.Split(logGroupNamesOrArns, "&")
+
+	// Filter out empty strings
+	var result []string
+	for _, item := range items {
+		if item != "" {
+			result = append(result, item)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 // Normalize value to slice.
-// 1. String values are converted to a slice of size 1 so that we can also handle resource
+// 1. String values are converted to a slice so that we can also handle resource
 // attributes that are set using the OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES
+// (multiple log group names or arns are separate by & like this "log-group1&log-group2&log-group3")
 // 2. Slices are kept as they are
 // 3. Other types will result in a empty slice so that we avoid panic.
 func normalizeToSlice(v pcommon.Value) pcommon.Slice {
 	switch v.Type() {
 	case pcommon.ValueTypeStr:
 		s := pcommon.NewSlice()
-		s.AppendEmpty().SetStr(v.Str())
+		logGroupNamesOrArns := getLogGroupNamesOrArns(v.Str())
+		for _, logGroupOrArn := range logGroupNamesOrArns {
+			s.AppendEmpty().SetStr(logGroupOrArn)
+		}
 		return s
 	case pcommon.ValueTypeSlice:
 		return v.Slice()

exporter/awsxrayexporter/internal/translator/aws_test.go

@@ -475,6 +475,61 @@ func TestLogGroupsFromStringResourceAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
 }
 
+func TestLogGroupsWithAmpersandFromStringResourceAttribute(t *testing.T) {
+	cwl1 := awsxray.LogGroupMetadata{
+		LogGroup: awsxray.String("group1"),
+	}
+	cwl2 := awsxray.LogGroupMetadata{
+		LogGroup: awsxray.String("group2"),
+	}
+
+	attributes := make(map[string]pcommon.Value)
+	resource := pcommon.NewResource()
+
+	// normal cases
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, "group1&group2")
+	filtered, awsData := makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl2)
+
+	// with extra & at end
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, "group1&group2&")
+	filtered, awsData = makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl2)
+
+	// with extra & in the middle
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, "group1&&group2")
+	filtered, awsData = makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl2)
+
+	// with extra & at the beginning
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, "&group1&group2")
+	filtered, awsData = makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl2)
+
+	// with only &
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupNames, "&")
+	filtered, awsData = makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+}
+
 func TestLogGroupsInvalidType(t *testing.T) {
 	attributes := make(map[string]pcommon.Value)
 	resource := pcommon.NewResource()
@@ -508,6 +563,32 @@ func TestLogGroupsArnsFromStringResourceAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
 }
 
+func TestLogGroupsArnsWithAmpersandFromStringResourceAttributes(t *testing.T) {
+	group1 := "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789123:log-group:group1"
+	group2 := "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789123:log-group:group2"
+
+	cwl1 := awsxray.LogGroupMetadata{
+		LogGroup: awsxray.String("group1"),
+		Arn:      awsxray.String(group1),
+	}
+	cwl2 := awsxray.LogGroupMetadata{
+		LogGroup: awsxray.String("group2"),
+		Arn:      awsxray.String(group2),
+	}
+
+	attributes := make(map[string]pcommon.Value)
+	resource := pcommon.NewResource()
+	resource.Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSLogGroupARNs, "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789123:log-group:group1&arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789123:log-group:group2")
+
+	filtered, awsData := makeAws(attributes, resource, nil)
+
+	assert.NotNil(t, filtered)
+	assert.NotNil(t, awsData)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(awsData.CWLogs))
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl1)
+	assert.Contains(t, awsData.CWLogs, cwl2)
+}
+
 func TestLogGroupsFromConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	cwl1 := awsxray.LogGroupMetadata{
 		LogGroup: awsxray.String("logGroup1"),