Step 1: Deploy a supported OpenTelemetry Collector

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Context

Deploy a supported OpenTelemetry collector if it's not already deployed. If it's already deployed, upgrade it to a supported version.

Supported OpenTelemetry collectors

The following minimum versions are required for Secure Application functionality that uses the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector on Kubernetes with Helm:

Easiest deployment option

For this alpha program, the easiest option is to deploy the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector on Kubernetes with Helm chart version splunk-otel-collector-0.137.0 or above. This Helm chart is preconfigured with everything you need for Secure Application.

Tip:

This section contains deployment instructions specific to Secure Application. For complete instructions see Get started with the Collector for Kubernetes.

  1. Add the Helm repository: 
    helm repo add splunk-otel-collector-chart https://signalfx.github.io/splunk-otel-collector-chart
  2. Install the collector, with splunkObservability.secureAppEnabled set to true on the helm install command: 
    helm install my-splunk-otel-collector --set="splunkObservability.secureAppEnabled=true,splunkObservability.realm=us0,splunkObservability.accessToken=xxxxxx,clusterName=my-cluster" splunk-otel-collector-chart/splunk-otel-collector

See Helm chart installation examples that have Secure Application enabled:

Alternate deployment options

See Alternate deployment options for the OpenTelemetry Collector on non-Kubernetes, non-Helm platforms.