Quick Guide for OTel Agent on Host Platforms for Metrics

For information on installing OpenTelemetry Collector in a Host environment, such as Bare Metal or a VM instance, see Linux installation instructions.

Use the following sample file to configure the OpenTelemetry Collector to export logs, metrics, and traces to Kloudfuse.

You must supply the resource attribute kf_platform with value host.

receivers:
  otlp:
    protocols:
      grpc:
      http:
        cors:
          allowed_origins:
            - "http://*"
            - "https://*"

exporters:
  otlphttp:
    metrics_endpoint: https://<REPLACE WITH KFUSE ADDRESS>/ingester/otlp/metrics

processors:
  batch:
    timeout: 10s
  resource:
    attributes:
      - key: kf_platform
        value: "host"
        action: upsert
  resourcedetection:
    detectors:
      - env
      - system
      - ec2
      - gcp
      - azure
    override: true
    timeout: 2s

connectors:
  spanmetrics:

service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      exporters: [otlphttp]
      processors: [batch, resource, resourcedetection]
      receivers: [otlp]

yaml

For additional information, see OpenTelemetry Collector on a Host Environment.

To track runtime metrics, review OpenTelemetry Runtime Metrics.