Validate collector config opentelemetry

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

otelcol validate --config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml

#opentelemetry #otel #ci #troubleshooting

more opentelemetry all 3 commands →

Configure OTLP exporter via env export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://collector:4317 OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES=service.name=api,deployment.environment=prod Send OTLP trace via curl curl -s -XPOST http://collector:4318/v1/traces -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @trace.json -w '%{http_code}'