OpenTelemetry Collector: EVERYTHING you need to know [to get started]

This video covers everything you need to know if you're new to the OpenTelemetry collector. In it I discuss the components: receivers, processors, exporters, pipelines, connectors and extensions. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:27 What is the OpenTelemetry collector? 00:51 How do you run an OpenTelemetry collector? 00:58 Collector standalone binary 01:11 Collector container image 01:18 Collector on Kubernetes 01:34 The components of a OpenTelemetry collector 02:25 Quick recap 02:34 Receivers 04:25 Processors 05:34 Exporters 06:57 Pipelines 07:26 How to monitor the OTEL collector itself (service telemetry) 08:00 Connectors 08:29 Extensions 08:53 Recap 09:03 The collector: Getting Observability signals from A to B 09:27 Thank you for your comments and feedback