splunk-otel-collector

README

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Getting Started   •   Getting Involved   •   Migrating from Smart Agent

Architecture   •   Components   •   Monitoring   •   Security   •   Sizing   •   Troubleshooting

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Splunk OpenTelemetry Connector

Splunk OpenTelemetry Connector is a distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector. It provides a unified way to receive, process, and export metric, trace, and log data for Splunk Observability Cloud:

• Splunk APM via the sapm exporter. The otlphttp exporter can be used with a custom configuration. More information available here.
• Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring via the signalfx exporter. More information available here.
• Splunk Log Observer via the splunk_hec exporter.

While it is recommended to use Splunk Forwarders to send data to Splunk Cloud or Splunk Enterprise, Splunk OpenTelemetry Connector can be configured to send data to them via the splunk_hec exporter.

🚧 This project is currently in BETA (what does beta mean?)

Getting Started

All you need to get started is:

• Splunk Access Token
• Splunk Realm
• Agent or Gateway mode
• Double-check exposed ports to make sure your environment doesn't have conflicts. Ports can be changed in the collector's configuration.

This distribution is supported on and packaged for a variety of platforms including:

• Kubernetes
  • Helm (recommended)
  • YAML
• Linux
  • Installer script (recommended)
  • Manual
• Windows
  • Installer script (recommended)
  • Manual

You can consult additional use cases in the examples directory.

License

Apache Software License version 2.0.