feat: handle django without DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE

initializer/components.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 from opentelemetry.trace import set_tracer_provider
 
-from .lib_handling import reorder_python_path, reload_distro_modules
+from .lib_handling import reorder_python_path, reload_distro_modules, handle_django_instrumentation
 from .version import VERSION
 
 from .odigos_sampler import OdigosSampler
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ def initialize_components(trace_exporters = None, metric_exporters = None, log_e
         received_value = client.resource_attributes
 
         if received_value:    
+
+            handle_django_instrumentation()
+
             auto_resource = {
                 "telemetry.distro.name": "odigos",
                 "telemetry.distro.version": VERSION,

initializer/lib_handling.py

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import sys
+import importlib
+import os
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.django.environment_variables import (
+    OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT,
+)
 
 def reorder_python_path():
     paths_to_move = [path for path in sys.path if path.startswith('/var/odigos/')]
@@ -39,3 +44,28 @@ def reload_distro_modules() -> None:
 
         if any(module.startswith(prefix) for prefix in needed_module_prefixes):
             del sys.modules[module]    
+
+
+
+### Django
+
+# Disables Django instrumentation if DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is unset and adds the current directory to sys.path for proper Django instrumentation.
+# These changes address this issue: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/issues/2495.
+# TODO: Remove once the bug is fixed.
+def handle_django_instrumentation():
+    if os.getenv('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', None) is None:
+        print('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is not set, disabling Django instrumentation.')
+        os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT, 'False')
+
+    else:
+        cwd_path = os.getcwd()
+        if cwd_path not in sys.path:
+            sys.path.insert(0, cwd_path)    
+
+        # As an additional safeguard, we're ensuring that DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is importable.
+        # This is done to prevent instrumentation from being enabled if the Django settings module cannot be imported.
+        try:
+            importlib.import_module('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE') 
+        except:
+            os.environ.setdefault(OTEL_PYTHON_DJANGO_INSTRUMENT, 'False')
+