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

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