Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector

Elastic Stack Serverless Observability

The Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) Collector is an open-source distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector.

To install the EDOT Collector with basic settings in your environment, follow the quickstart guides.

You can deploy the EDOT Collector in different modes to meet your architectural needs. The two primary Collector modes are Agent and Gateway. Depending on your Elastic deployment type, various EDOT Collector instances might be required in each mode to support the target architecture. Refer to Deployment modes for more details.

You can configure the EDOT Collector to use the standard OTel Collector configuration file or values.yml file if you have deployed it using Helm.

For full details on each option, see Configuration

Built on OpenTelemetry’s modular architecture, the EDOT Collector offers a curated and fully supported selection of components designed for production-grade reliability.

Refer to Components for the full list of components embedded in the EDOT Collector.

To request a component to be added to EDOT Collector, submit a GitHub issue here.

The EDOT Collector inherits the same limitations from the upstream components. Refer to Limitations for a complete list.

For details on the EDOT Collector license, see the LICENSE.txt file.