Understanding the Difference Between OpenTelemetry Collector and Metrics Collector
TLDR Purti was unsure of the differences between OpenTelemetry Collector and Metrics Collector. Prashant explained the functional separation of these elements in Docker and K8s.
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Jun 30, 2023 (3 months ago)
Purti
11:20 AM1
Prashant
11:37 AMIn Docker, this component is also responsible for collecting hostmetrics and logs from all containers in same docker daemon.
OtelCollector Metrics mainly scrapes the SigNoz spanmetrics from OtelCollector(s).
In K8s, this component is also responsible for scraping metrics using pod annotation
<http://signoz.io/scrape|signoz.io/scrape> as well as internal collector metrics.Jul 03, 2023 (3 months ago)
Purti
06:51 AM
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