View OpenTelemetry Collectors in Splunk Enterprise

After configuring and connecting OTel Collectors to your Splunk Enterprise instance, you can view them in a table. You can monitor their status and check the details.

  1. Log in to Splunk Enterprise
  2. Select Settings and then select OTell Collectors under the Distributed Environment section.
  3. On the OpenTelemetry Collectors page, you can see the table with OTell Collectors. The parameters are grouped into the following table columns:
    ParametersDescription
    Agent IDThe ID identifying the agent (service.instance.id)
    Service NameAgent name (service.name)
    NamespaceAgent namespace (service.namespace)
    VersionAgent application version (service.version)
    Host NameAgent host name (host.name)
    IP AddressAgent IP address
    CPU ArchitectureThe CPU architecture the host system is running on (host.arch)
    System DescriptionHuman-readable OS version information (os.description)
    StatusThe status of an agent. The possible values are OK and Offline. The status is calculated on the basis of heartbeat
    Check-inShows how long ago the last heartbeat of agent was sent

    Information about OTel Collectors are presented in a table

  4. To see the details, select the link in the Agent ID column. It displays a page with agent details, host detail, identifying attributes, and non-identifying attributes.
    • Agent details show Capabilities that are all the functions supported by a given agent.
    • Identifying attributes are attributes that identify the agent.
    • Non-identifying attributes are attributes that don't necessarily identify the agent but they help describe where it runs.
      The agent details and information about attributes