Splunk® Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector

Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector

Prerequisites

Before you install the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector, you must have the following Splunk products installed and configured:

  • Splunk Universal Forwarder version 8.x or 9.x on Windows or Linux: The Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector is installed alongside your universal forwarder to push collected data to Splunk Observability Cloud.
  • Splunk Observability Cloud: The Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector is configured to send data to Splunk Observability Cloud. See Get Started with Splunk Observability Cloud and Collector requirements, for more information on how to prepare your Splunk Observability Cloud instance.
  • (optional) Install Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud if you plan to use a Splunk Web interface or deployment server as forwarders.
  • (optional) Install the deployment server if you plan to use the deployment server to push the Splunk Add-on for OpenTelemetry Collector to multiple hosts.
Last modified on 16 November, 2023
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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, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2

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