OpenTelemetry

Unified standard for traces, metrics, and logs

🐧 Linux🍎 Mac🪟 Windows

Reviewed: 2026-06|Tested on: Kubernetes 1.29 · Terraform 1.8 · Ubuntu 22.04

What is this?

OpenTelemetry is the standard way to collect traces, metrics, and logs from apps.

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Step 01

Install OpenTelemetry

(01)Install OpenTelemetry

Linux

1# Install OTel Collector
2wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.108.0/otelcol-contrib_0.108.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
3tar xvf otelcol-contrib_0.108.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
4./otelcol-contrib --config config.yaml

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Step 02

Verify

(01)Verify installation

Linux

1curl http://localhost:13133
2# Health check endpoint