Registry "build your configuration" option

[svrnm]

This is a follow up to the outreachy PR #5451 by @mailsg

To make the "add to favorites" feature in the registry really valuable, I think it needs to also have the feature to build a configuration from the selected favorites. An example to clarify what I mean:

• An end user clicks on "add to favorites" on multiple collector components (exporters, processors, receivers, ...)
• They will be presented with a button that they can click to see a configuration for the collector builder with all the favorites they have selected, they can copy & paste it to a file and make use of it directly.

We can later see if this is also valuable for other languages as well.

@open-telemetry/collector-approvers, @open-telemetry/docs-approvers WDYT?

[mailsg]

This is a follow up to the outreachy PR #5451 by @mailsg

To make the "add to favorites" feature in the registry really valuable, I think it needs to also have the feature to build a configuration from the selected favorites. An example to clarify what I mean:

* An end user clicks on "add to favorites" on multiple collector components (exporters, processors, receivers, ...)

* They will be presented with a button that they can click to see a configuration for the collector builder with all the favorites they have selected, they can copy & paste it to a file and make use of it directly.

We can later see if this is also valuable for other languages as well.

@open-telemetry/collector-approvers, @open-telemetry/docs-approvers WDYT?

Hi @svrnm,

Thank you so much for the consideration.

I look forward to the decision.

Thanks.

[mx-psi]

I think the general sentiment on the Collector SIG is that this would be very cool to have :)

[mailsg]

Hi @svrnm @mx-psi

Thank you for the go-ahead for extending the Add to favorites feature.

If I understood the issue correctly, below are the few pointers that I have come up with as a plan to develop this feature. Kindly go through by it and let me know if this works :

Plan to Develop Build Configuration Feature

Step 1:

• Data Structure: Extend the localStorage structure to store additional configuration data for each favorite item.
• UI Changes: Add a "Generate Configuration" button in the favorites section.

Step 2:

• Generate Configuration Function: Create a function to compile configuration data from favorites stored in localStorage.
• UI Modifications: Update the UI to include the "Generate Configuration" button and functionality to display and copy the generated configuration.

Thanks.

[mx-psi]

That roughly makes sense to me. I am sure there will be problems to solve along the way but this is a good start

[svrnm]

That roughly makes sense to me. I am sure there will be problems to solve along the way but this is a good start

Exactly, let's get started and slowly move forward with it. A few things we might want to anticipate from the get go:

• the "add to favorites" or however we want to call that button should initially only work for collector components
• nevertheless we should plan to expand this feature to other groups as well, e.g. maybe we want to create for some languages a quick "install sheet" as well