opentelemetry

Validate collector config Statically check collector pipeline before reload. catches bad receivers/processors/exporters. otelcol validate --config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml #opentelemetry#otel#ci#troubleshooting Configure OTLP exporter via env Auto-instrumentation endpoint and resource attrs without code change. 4317=gRPC, 4318=HTTP. export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://collector:4317 OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=api,deployment.environment=prod #opentelemetry#otel#observability#cloud Send OTLP trace via curl Smoke-test the OTLP HTTP receiver with a sample payload. note: 4318 path, not 4317. curl -s -XPOST http://collector:4318/v1/traces -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @trace.json -w '%{http_code}' #opentelemetry#otel#api#debug