[APM] Document OTel infrastructure tab support#5715
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alexandra5000 merged 7 commits intoApr 2, 2026
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…for services instrumented with Elastic APM and OpenTelemetry - Added specific navigation behavior and links for Pods, Containers, and Hosts based on the instrumentation type
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Overall, LGTM! I think the applies_to needs to be updated from migration times, and one small suggestion you can take or leave!
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Hey @roshan-elastic, I made the update that you asked for in #5511. Could you review it please? |
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Hey @alexandra5000 - got a link? |
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Hey @roshan-elastic, unfortunately the PR preview is temporarily disabled, so there's no way right now to generate a shareable link. You can serve it locally:
Full instructions are at contribute locally if you want more detail. Sorry for the inconvenience! |
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LGTM - thanks @alexandra5000 ! |
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Summary
Updates the APM Infrastructure tab docs to reflect new behavior for OTel-instrumented services (available in 9.4):
Changes:
solutions/observability/apm/infrastructure.md: Split into Elastic APM and OTel sections; added links to destination UIs.troubleshoot/observability/apm/common-problems.md: Added OTel-specific guidance to the "No data in infrastructure tab" troubleshooting section.Relates to: elastic/kibana#252188
Closes: #5511
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