Implement Connectors into the Testbed

[humivo]

Component(s)

testbed

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The current Testbed configuration does not support Connectors.

Describe the solution you'd like

I would like the Testbed configuration/data flow to be restructured to accept connectors. For example, in this configuration for correctness tests, allow a connector to be added to the Collector.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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[humivo]

I am currently looking into the changes that would need to be made to introduce connectors into the Testbed but would appreciate any input on the approach for this!

[humivo]

Hello, I'm looking for any input on this approach to add connectors to testbed. I initially thought that we could just add in a connector parameter into the CreateConfigYaml() method in correctnesstests and if defined, create a config with 2 pipelines that looks like this:

receivers: sender
exporters: receiver
processors: processors
connectors: connector

extensions:

service:
  extensions:
  pipelines:
    traces:
      receivers: [sender]
      processors: [processors]
      exporters: [connector]
    metrics:
      receivers: [connector]
      exporters: [receiver]

However, I noticed that pipelineType is a required parameter and correctnesstests are split up between traces and metrics so I am not sure how it would handle a traces DataSender but a metrics DataReceiver. Is the answer here to create a new type of tests so that we can create another TestCaseValidator for this use case?

[crobert-1]

I think this is a good idea, removing the needs triage label.

I don't have much experience with testbed, so unfortunately I don't have any input at this point.

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