--- title: ASP.NET Core -Updating the OpenTelemetry configuration description: Learn how to update the OpenTelemetry configuration in ASP.NET Core, including the recommended versions of .NET and OpenTelemetry. Find out why the error... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/asp-net-core--updating-the-opentelemetry-configuration-7naz4xqh0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ASP.NET Core -Updating the OpenTelemetry configuration | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to update the OpenTelemetry configuration in ASP.NET Core, including the recommended versions of .NET and OpenTelemetry. Find out why the error... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/asp-net-core--updating-the-opentelemetry-configuration-7naz4xqh0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7NAZ4xQH0.png og:image:alt: ASP.NET Core -Updating the OpenTelemetry configuration og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ASP.NET Core -Updating the OpenTelemetry configuration **[The Art of Simplicity](https://daily.dev/sources/bartwullems)** · 2 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Learn how to update the OpenTelemetry configuration in ASP.NET Core, including the recommended versions of .NET and OpenTelemetry. Find out why the error 'IServiceCollection' does not contain a definition for 'AddOpenTelemetryTracing' occurred. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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So basically you had an old version of the package, and API changed between the versions, so you had to update the method name? --- Tags: [#aspnet](https://daily.dev/tags/aspnet), [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#.net](https://daily.dev/tags/.net) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/asp-net-core--updating-the-opentelemetry-configuration-7naz4xqh0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ASP.NET Core -Updating the OpenTelemetry configuration","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/asp-net-core--updating-the-opentelemetry-configuration-7naz4xqh0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/asp-net-core--updating-the-opentelemetry-configuration-7naz4xqh0"},"datePublished":"2024-04-30T11:36:24.970Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:51:52.982Z","description":"Learn how to update the OpenTelemetry configuration in ASP.NET Core, including the recommended versions of .NET and OpenTelemetry. 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