Collector

Already using OpenTelemetry and the Collector?

If you've already instrumented with OpenTelemetry using Collectors, then getting data into Cloud Observability requires only an edit to the configuration file.

Quickstart Kubernetes: Collector and Operator

Learn about the Kubernetes Operator for OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send telemetry from k8s clusters to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart Kubernetes: OpenTelemetry-first infrastructure monitoring

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector's kubernetes receivers, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart: Collector for application data using Docker

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.

Quickstart: Collector for infrastructure using Docker

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your infrastructure metrics to Cloud Observability using Docker.

Recommended Collector configuration

Use Cloud Observability best practices to configure your Collector

Send traces to Cloud Observability with .NET

Learn how to instrument your .NET application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Go

Learn how to instrument your Go application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Java

Learn how to instrument your Java application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Node.JS

Learn how to instrument your Node.JS application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Send traces to Cloud Observability with Python

Learn how to instrument your Python application using OpenTelemetry and then send data to Cloud Observability.

Use the OpenTelemetry Collector

Learn about the OpenTelemetry Collector, and how to use it to send your telemetry data to Cloud Observability.