Splunk® Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector

Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector

This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector. For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.

Differences between the OpenTelemetry Collector and the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector

The collector in the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry is the same collector offered in Splunk Observability. However, the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry provides the added benefit of out-of-the box collector content and configuration.

Function Splunk distributed OpenTelemetry Collector Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector
Collector binary Supported Supported
Gateway configuration Supported Not included
Default agent configuration Includes logging receiver and exporter configuration. No out-of-the-box configuration is provided for the logging exporter or receiver.
Configuration method Environment variables Inputs.conf
Auto Instrumentation of language-specific agents support Out-of-the-box configuration is available. Out-of-the-box configuration is not available.
Distribution and deployment Source code, binary, Operator, Helm Charts, Debian, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt. Manual installation and Splunk deployment server distribution.
Last modified on 20 June, 2024
About the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector   Prerequisites

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.2


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