describe how to disable spring boot starter / use sys property widget…

… everywhere (#3851)

Co-authored-by: Trask Stalnaker <trask.stalnaker@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Phillip Carter <pcarter@fastmail.com>

content/en/docs/languages/java/automatic/_index.md

@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ and JVMs][support].
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
-You can pass the `-Dotel.javaagent.debug=true` parameter to the agent to see
-debug logs. Note that these are quite verbose.
+{{% config_option name="otel.javaagent.debug" %}} Set to `true` to see debug
+logs. Note that these are quite verbose. {{% /config_option %}}
 
 ## Next steps
 

content/en/docs/languages/java/automatic/agent-config.md

@@ -231,22 +231,23 @@ span link connecting it to the producer trace.
 
 ### Disabling the agent entirely
 
-You can disable the agent using `-Dotel.javaagent.enabled=false` (or using the
-equivalent environment variable `OTEL_JAVAAGENT_ENABLED=false`).
+{{% config_option name="otel.javaagent.enabled" %}}
+
+Set the value to `false` to disable the agent entirely.
+
+{{% /config_option %}}
 
 ### Enable only specific instrumentation
 
 You can disable all default auto instrumentation and selectively re-enable
 individual instrumentation. This may be desirable to reduce startup overhead or
 to have more control of which instrumentation is applied.
 
-- Disable all instrumentation in the agent using
-  `-Dotel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled=false` (or using the equivalent
-  environment variable `OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_COMMON_DEFAULT_ENABLED=false`).
-- Enable each desired instrumentation individually using
-  `-Dotel.instrumentation.[name].enabled=true` (or using the equivalent
-  environment variable `OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_[NAME]_ENABLED`) where `[name]`
-  (`[NAME]`) is the corresponding instrumentation `name` below.
+{{% config_option name="otel.instrumentation.common.default-enabled" %}} Set to
+`false` to disable all instrumentation in the agent. {{% /config_option %}}
+
+{{% config_option name="otel.instrumentation.[name].enabled" %}} Set to `true`
+to enable each desired instrumentation individually. {{% /config_option %}}
 
 > **Note**: Some instrumentation relies on other instrumentation to function
 > properly. When selectively enabling instrumentation, be sure to enable the
@@ -261,10 +262,11 @@ instrumentation with `@WithSpan` and normal API interactions by using
 
 ### Suppressing specific agent instrumentation
 
-You can suppress agent instrumentation of specific libraries by using
-`-Dotel.instrumentation.[name].enabled=false` (or using the equivalent
-environment variable `OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_[NAME]_ENABLED`) where `name`
-(`NAME`) is the corresponding instrumentation `name`:
+You can suppress agent instrumentation of specific libraries.
+
+{{% config_option name="otel.instrumentation.[name].enabled" %}} Set to `false`
+to suppress agent instrumentation of specific libraries, where [name] is the
+corresponding instrumentation name: {{% /config_option %}}
 
 | Library/Framework                                | Instrumentation name                        |
 | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |

content/en/docs/languages/java/automatic/spring-boot.md

@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ dependencies {
 
 {{% /tab %}} {{< /tabpane>}}
 
+#### Disable data export
+
+{{% config_option name="otel.sdk.disabled" %}}
+
+Set the value to `true` to disable data export, e.g. for testing purposes.
+
+{{% /config_option %}}
+
 ### Additional instrumentations
 
 #### JDBC Instrumentation