AWS-Xray is not getting disable in Python

[hassanahmed95]

I have a XRAY_RECORDER dict in the setting.py file of Django. Where I have different settings for AWS Xrays like Daemon address, tracing name etc. In the same dict I also mentioned 'AWS_XRAY_SDK_ENABLED': False. In short, I want to disable AWS Xray SDK for my application. But it still sends traces in spite of setting it to False. Although I can turn it off using global_sdk_config.set_sdk_enabled(False) but due to requirements constraint, I have to enable or disable it via environment variables. But it still send traces in spite of setting to False.

[RafeyIqbalRahman]

#172 @chanchiem

[hassanahmed95]

#172 does not address my issue. In #172 the approach via global SDK config has been mentioned. While I am address it via environment variable approach.

[srprash]

Hi @hassanahmed95
Apologies for late response. I have been investigating this issue and discovered that AWS_XRAY_SDK_ENABLED setting is not supported in the django instrumentation of the SDK. Currently, for configuring the X-Ray recorder for a Django application, only these environment variables are supported within the settings.py file. You can set the environment variable AWS_XRAY_SDK_ENABLED as False outside the application on your host if possible, to disable the SDK.
Let me know if that works out for you.

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