README.md

Steps to follow

• Download the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib - also called otelcol-contrib version v0.51.0 from the contrib releases page

• Unpack or install it in the system. Add to your shell's PATH variable for easier usage.

• Find out which otelcol version you use. This workshop has been prepared using v0.51.0

  otelcol-contrib --version

• Make sure to use proper documentation version on GitHub using the git branch, eg. release/v0.51.x

• Run the otelcol using prepared config file

  otelcol-contrib --config config.yaml

• Check if otelcol is available on localhost:4318

  telnet localhost 4318

• Check if otelcol exposes Prometheus metrics

  curl localhost:8888/metrics

• Check out the Core Distro components:

  • receivers: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/receiver
  • processors: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/processor
  • exporter: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/exporter

• Check out what is actually built into distributions:

  • otelcol: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/blob/main/distributions/otelcol/manifest.yaml
  • otelcol-contrib: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/blob/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib/manifest.yaml

• You can check that kafkareceiver is included in core distro