OpenTelemetry Collector - Explanation & Setup

Learn everything about the OpenTelemetry collector. We'll cover installation, configuration, pipelines, and best practices for monitoring your distributed systems.

🔗 OpenTelemetry Collector Docs: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/
🔗 BetterStack Otel Docs: https://betterstack.com/docs/logs/ope...
🎥 Implementing Otel in a Node.js App:    • OpenTelemetry in Node.js - Traces, Metrics...  

What you'll learn:
✅ Complete OpenTelemetry collector installation and setup
✅ Configuring receivers, processors, and exporters
✅ Advanced data transformation and filtering
✅ Monitoring collector health and metrics
✅ Best practices for collector deployment

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00:00 Intro
00:15 Role of the Collector
00:22 Receivers
00:52 Processors
01:11 Exporters
01:38 Benefits
03:55 Install and Configure
16:42 Outro