Validate collector config

Statically check collector pipeline before reload. catches bad receivers/processors/exporters.

otelcol validate --config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml
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opentelemetry3 commands
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opentelemetryotelcitroubleshooting

More opentelemetry commands

  • Configure OTLP exporter via env
    export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://collector:4317 OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=api,deployment.environment=prod

    Auto-instrumentation endpoint and resource attrs without code change. 4317=gRPC, 4318=HTTP.

  • Send OTLP trace via curl
    curl -s -XPOST http://collector:4318/v1/traces -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @trace.json -w '%{http_code}'

    Smoke-test the OTLP HTTP receiver with a sample payload. note: 4318 path, not 4317.

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