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Advanced configuration for Windows 🔗

The following sections describe available settings for configuring the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector for Windows.

Change the default configuration file 🔗

The Collector comes with a default configuration in the ProgramDataSplunkOpenTelemetry Collectoragent_config.yaml file. This configuration can be modified as needed. Possible configuration options can be found in the receivers, processors, exporters, and extensions folders of the following GitHub repositories:

Before starting the splunk-otel-collector service, change the variables in the default configuration file to the appropriate values for your environment. The following table provides a description of each variable.

Variable

Description

${SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN}

The Splunk access token to authenticate requests

${SPLUNK_API_URL}

The Splunk API URL. For example, https://api.us0.signalfx.com.

${SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN}

The Splunk HEC authentication token

${SPLUNK_HEC_URL}

The Splunk HEC endpoint URL. For example, https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v1/log.

${SPLUNK_INGEST_URL}

The Splunk ingest URL. For example, https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com.

${SPLUNK_TRACE_URL}

The Splunk trace endpoint URL. For example, https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v2/trace.

${SPLUNK_BUNDLE_DIR}

The location of your Smart Agent bundle for monitor functionality. For example, C:\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\agent-bundle.


Do the following after updating the variables in the default configuration file:

  1. Start the service by rebooting the system or by running the following command in a PowerShell terminal:

    PS> Start-Service splunk-otel-collector

  2. To modify the default path to the configuration file for the service, run regdit and modify the SPLUNK_CONFIG value in the HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment registry key, or run the following PowerShell command (replace PATH with the full path to the new configuration file):

    Set-ItemProperty -path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment" -name "SPLUNK_CONFIG" -value "PATH"

  3. After modifying the configuration file or registry key, apply the changes by restarting the system or by running the following PowerShell commands:

    Stop-Service splunk-otel-collector
Start-Service splunk-otel-collector