OpenTelemetry Collector

Instructions for installing OpenTelemetry Collector agents using Fleet.

• Click on the Install Agent Manager Button

• Select a Platform

• And, select an Agent Type of OpenTelemetry Collector

• Add any optional Custom Attributes for the new agent

• Add any optional Secrets for the agent

• Click on the Proceed button to generate the README instructions and installation script

• The Download All button can be used to download these files

• Install the Fleet agent-manager as instructed in the README instructions

Check agent-manager status:

To check the status of agent-manager, and the running agents on a Linux host:

$ sudo systemctl status agent-manager-otelcol

To get agent-manager logs on a Linux host:

$ sudo journalctl -n 100 -f -u agent-manager-otelcol

To check the status of agent-manager, and the running agents on a Windows host, use the Windows Services app, and locate the service named agent-manager-otelcol.

To get agent-manager logs on a Windows host, use the Windows Event Viewer app. The logs from agent-manager will be located in the Windows Logs > Application logs.