Configure the Collector 🔗
Based on your needs, use one of the following default configuration files to set up the Collector:
Configuration |
Description |
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Default |
agent_config.yaml is the recommended starting configuration for most environments. This is the default configuration file for the Linux (Debian/RPM) and Windows Installer collector packages. |
Full (Linux) |
full_config_linux.yaml is an extended configuration. This configuration requires using OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib or a similar distribution. |
Fluentd |
Fluentd to collect logs. Fluentd is applicable to Helm or installer script installations only. Common sources including filelog, journald, and Windows Event Viewer are included in the installation. See the Fluentd configuration documentation for more information. |
The following table describes the artifacts in the Fluentd directory:
Configuration |
Description |
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fluent.conf or td-agent.conf |
These are the main Fluentd configuration files used to forward events to the Collector. The file locations are |
conf.d |
This directory contains the custom Fluentd configuration files. The location is |
splunk-otel-collector.conf |
This is the drop-in file for the Fluentd service on Linux. Use this file to override the default Fluentd configuration path in favor of the custom Fluentd configuration file for Linux (fluent.conf). |
The following is a sample configuration to collect custom logs:
<source>
@type tail
@label @SPLUNK
<parse>
@type none
</parse>
path /path/to/my/custom.log
pos_file /var/log/td-agent/my-custom-logs.pos
tag my-custom-logs
</source>
You can also configure the following components:
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Environment variable (Alpha)
etcd (Alpha)
Include (Alpha)
Vault (Alpha)
Zookeeper (Alpha)
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Extension
Receiver