This distribution is made specifically to be used in a Kubernetes cluster to monitor Kubernetes and services running in Kubernetes. It contains a subset of components from OpenTelemetry Collector Core and OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib.
The full list of components is available in the manifest.
- Only includes components from Contrib and Core.
- Only components that are Alpha or higher.
- All receivers must facilitate the collection of data that is generated by Kubernetes or services running in Kubernetes
- Although you could run a Collector in Kubernetes to reach out to any endpoint, this distribution is not targeting that use case. This distribution is for monitoring Kubernetes and the processes it runs.
- All components must be vendor-neutral.
- Only exporters that use OTLP are allowed.
- To facilitate troubleshooting, the nop, debug, and file exporters are exceptions.
- All technologies OTel promised to support will be included as receivers. Specifically this means the
jaegerreceiver,zipkinreceiver,opencensusreceiver, andprometheusreceiverwill be included.