{"id":29277,"date":"2025-06-10T17:17:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/?p=29277"},"modified":"2025-06-10T17:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:47:31","slug":"monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Monitor Open Telemetry Collector Performance: A Complete, Production -Grade Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In modern distributed systems, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">observability is not a luxury\u2014it&#8217;s a necessity<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. At the center of this landscape stands the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Open Telemetry Collector<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, acting as the critical data pipeline responsible for receiving, processing, and exporting telemetry signals (traces, metrics, logs).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, monitoring the monitor itself presents unique challenges. When your OpenTelemetry Collector becomes a bottleneck or fails silently, your entire observability stack suffers. This comprehensive guide will walk you through production-tested strategies for monitoring your OpenTelemetry Collector&#8217;s performance, ensuring your observability infrastructure remains robust and reliable.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"toc-container\" style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #ff9900; padding: 15px; margin: 20px 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #232f3e;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin: 0;\">\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#why-monitor-the-open-telemetry-collector\">Why Monitor the Open Telemetry Collector<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#how-to-enable-open-telemetry-collector-monitoring\">How to Enable Open Telemetry Collector Monitoring<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin: 5px 0; list-style-type: none;\">\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#pull-based-metrics-collection\">\u2022 Pull-Based Metrics Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#self-monitoring-configuration\">\u2022 Self-Monitoring Configuration<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#key-metrics-to-monitor\">Key Metrics to Monitor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#open-telemetry-dashboards\">Open Telemetry Dashboards<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#alerting-on-open-telemetry-collector\">Alerting on Open Telemetry Collector<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#best-practices\">Best Practices<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #0066c0; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"why-monitor-the-open-telemetry-collector\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW227632696 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW227632696 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Why Monitor the Open Telemetry Collector<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW227632696 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Without active monitoring, the <a href=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/03\/redis-observability-with-open-telemetry\/\"><strong>Open Telemetry<\/strong><\/a> Collector can silently drop telemetry data, over-consume resources, or fail to export traces and metrics. Its failure undermines visibility into the system it\u2019s meant to observe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Monitoring ensures:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proactive issue detection (e.g., telemetry drops, high CPU usage)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resource usage awareness (CPU, memory, queue sizes)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SLA enforcement and capacity planning<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Debugging efficiency across distributed systems<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"why-monitor-the-open-telemetry-collector\" aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How to Enable Open Telemetry Collector Monitoring<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Monitoring the Open Telemetry Collector involves enabling metrics scraping and exposing internal metrics through supported protocols.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"pull-based-metrics-collection\" aria-level=\"3\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">a. Pull-Based Metrics Collection<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In development or small-scale environments, the simplest approach is to scrape internal metrics using Prometheus.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW9160192 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW9160192 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 4\">Example Configuration:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW9160192 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<pre style=\"background: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 4px solid #ff9900; color: #333; page-break-inside: avoid; font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.6em 0; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1em; display: block; word-wrap: break-word;\"><code>receivers:\r\n  prometheus:\r\n    config:\r\n      scrape_configs:\r\n      - job_name: otel-collector\r\n        scrape_interval: 10s\r\n        static_configs:\r\n          - targets: ['127.0.0.1:8888']\r\n\r\nservice:\r\n  pipelines:\r\n    metrics:\r\n      receivers: [prometheus]\r\n      exporters: []\r\n\r\n  telemetry:\r\n    metrics:\r\n      level: detailed\r\n      readers:\r\n        - pull:\r\n            exporter:\r\n              prometheus:\r\n                host: 127.0.0.1\r\n                port: 8888<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;276295ed-5df2-5456-988c-5fdbab071054|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;180&quot;,335559738,&quot;180&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;First Paragraph&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;FirstParagraph&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469775498,&quot;Body Text&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">This configuration exposes internal collector metrics at <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Verbatim Char\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a31b87fc-7929-525d-a968-aa0f568a0536|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;VerbatimChar&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text Char&quot;]}\">http:\/\/localhost:8888\/metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32841005 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW32841005 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"self-monitoring-configuration\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW112707661 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW112707661 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">b. Self-Monitoring Configuration<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW112707661 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For production environments, it\u2019s recommended to enable <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">self-monitoring pipelines<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that scrape the collector\u2019s internal state and forward it to external observability platforms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"4\"><em><strong>Production-Grade Remote Export Example:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<pre style=\"background: #f5f5f5; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-left: 4px solid #ff9900; color: #333; page-break-inside: avoid; font-family: monospace; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 1.6em 0; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1em; display: block; word-wrap: break-word;\"><code><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;3912f96f-9c22-5f19-8251-54beb71ef2a8|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;FunctionTok&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;FunctionTok&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,335551500,&quot;8267782&quot;,469778324,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;]}\">exporters<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;11c5b9ba-e526-5815-97b3-6c32bfebec73|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;KeywordTok&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;KeywordTok&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,134224900,&quot;true&quot;,335551500,&quot;2125824&quot;,469778324,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;]}\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;5e83daf9-70f5-523d-8a81-98415171c678|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;AttributeTok&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;AttributeTok&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,335551500,&quot;2723965&quot;,469778324,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;]}\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">prometheusremotewrite<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">endpoint<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\"> ${PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT}<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">retry_on_failure<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">enabled<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"CharTok\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;085f4004-377f-5b3d-a265-177dd71785d0|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;CharTok&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;CharTok&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,335551500,&quot;10514496&quot;,469778324,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;]}\">true<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">service<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">pipelines<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">receivers<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">[<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">prometheus<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW243393381 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW243393381 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"FunctionTok\">exporters<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">:<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">[<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"AttributeTok\">prometheusremotewrite<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"KeywordTok\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW243393381 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<h3><span class=\"TextRun SCXW225540 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225540 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;276295ed-5df2-5456-988c-5fdbab071054|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;180&quot;,335559738,&quot;180&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;First Paragraph&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;FirstParagraph&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469775498,&quot;Body Text&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">Key Considerations:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW225540 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">prometheusremotewrite<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for Prometheus-compatible backends (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/01\/a-fun-and-easy-guide-to-monitoring-and-observability-with-prometheus\/\">AWS Managed Prometheus<\/a>, Grafana Cloud).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Set <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">level: detailed<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in telemetry settings to expose granular metrics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Secure endpoint access with authentication extensions such as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sigv4auth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">basicauth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">oauth2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/services\/observability-sre-production-engineering\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29284 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/End-to-end-data-engineering-services-for-modern-data-architecture-2.png\" alt=\"Observability, SRE &amp; Production Engineering Solutions\" width=\"800\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/End-to-end-data-engineering-services-for-modern-data-architecture-2.png 800w, https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/End-to-end-data-engineering-services-for-modern-data-architecture-2-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/End-to-end-data-engineering-services-for-modern-data-architecture-2-768x182.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"key-metrics-to-monitor\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW204635629 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW204635629 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Key Metrics to Monitor<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW204635629 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW82236083 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW82236083 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">1. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW82236083 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Receiver Metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW82236083 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-000.jpg\" alt=\"open telemetry collector\" width=\"736\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-000.jpg 736w, https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-000-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f8f9fa; border-bottom: 2px solid #ff9900;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 15px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;\">Metric<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 15px; text-align: left; font-weight: bold;\">Purpose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; font-family: monospace; color: #0066c0;\">otelcol_receiver_accepted_spans<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px;\">Spans successfully received<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; font-family: monospace; color: #0066c0;\">otelcol_receiver_refused_spans<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px;\">Spans rejected or dropped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; font-family: monospace; color: #0066c0;\">otelcol_receiver_accepted_metric_points<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px;\">Inbound metric volume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px; font-family: monospace; color: #0066c0;\">otelcol_receiver_accepted_log_records<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 15px;\">Logs processed at receiver level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW9591038 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW9591038 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">2. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW9591038 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Processor Metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW9591038 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-001.jpg\" alt=\"monitor open telemetry\" width=\"736\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-001.jpg 736w, https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-001-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border: 1px solid #ddd; font-family: Arial; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Metric<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Purpose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; font-family: monospace;\">otelcol_processor_dropped_spans<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Indicates data loss during processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; font-family: monospace;\">otelcol_processor_batch_send_size<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Reveals batch optimization efficiency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; font-family: monospace;\">otelcol_processor_dropped_metric_points<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Failed metric transformations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW87946861 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87946861 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">3. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW87946861 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Exporter Metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW87946861 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #1a73e8; color: white;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 16px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; border-bottom: 2px solid #0d5bba;\">Metric<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 16px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; border-bottom: 2px solid #0d5bba;\">Purpose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\">otelcol_exporter_sent_spans<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\">Exported span count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0; background-color: #f8f9fa;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\">otelcol_exporter_send_failed_requests<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\">Failed export operations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\">otelcol_exporter_queue_size<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\">Active items in queue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\">otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\">Max queue size before drops begin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20425045 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20425045 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">4. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20425045 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">System Metrics<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW20425045 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-002.jpg\" alt=\"open telemetry collector\" width=\"736\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-002.jpg 736w, https:\/\/opstree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/how-to-monitor-open-telemetry-collector-performance-a-complete-production-grade-guide.pdf-image-002-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #1a73e8; color: white;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 16px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; border-bottom: 2px solid #0d5bba;\">Metric<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px 16px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; border-bottom: 2px solid #0d5bba;\">Purpose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW151171698 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW151171698 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Verbatim Char\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a31b87fc-7929-525d-a968-aa0f568a0536|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;VerbatimChar&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text Char&quot;]}\">otelcol_process_cpu_seconds_total<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW151171698 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW98192406 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW98192406 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Compact\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;36&quot;,335559738,&quot;36&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;Compact&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Compact&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">Collector CPU usage<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW98192406 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0; background-color: #f8f9fa;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW67300970 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW67300970 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Verbatim Char\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a31b87fc-7929-525d-a968-aa0f568a0536|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;VerbatimChar&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text Char&quot;]}\">otelcol_process_resident_memory_bytes<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW67300970 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW43912068 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW43912068 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Compact\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;36&quot;,335559738,&quot;36&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;Compact&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Compact&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">Memory (RSS) footprint<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW43912068 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW160335498 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW160335498 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Verbatim Char\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a31b87fc-7929-525d-a968-aa0f568a0536|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;VerbatimChar&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text Char&quot;]}\">otelcol_runtime_heap_alloc_bytes<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW160335498 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW172692795 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW172692795 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Compact\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;36&quot;,335559738,&quot;36&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;Compact&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Compact&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">Heap memory usage<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW172692795 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-family: 'Roboto Mono', monospace; color: #1a73e8; font-size: 14px;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW108726439 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW108726439 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Verbatim Char\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;a31b87fc-7929-525d-a968-aa0f568a0536|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Consolas&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Consolas&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Consolas&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;Verbatim Char&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;VerbatimChar&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text Char&quot;]}\">otelcol_process_uptime_seconds<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW108726439 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW140375076 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW140375076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Compact\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria&quot;,335551500,&quot;4278190080&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559739,&quot;36&quot;,335559738,&quot;36&quot;,134224948,&quot;false&quot;,335551550,&quot;1&quot;,335551620,&quot;1&quot;,134245417,&quot;true&quot;,469775450,&quot;Compact&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Compact&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\">Instance uptime duration<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW140375076 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:36,&quot;335559739&quot;:36}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW246885305 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW246885305 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">OpenTelemetry<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW246885305 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"> Dashboards<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW246885305 BCX0\" style=\"font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"open-telemetry-dashboards\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW32620031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW32620031 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">OpenTelemetry<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW32620031 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\"> Dashboards<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW32620031 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW91770375 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW91770375 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Recommended Dashboard Layout in Grafana<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW91770375 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto; margin: 25px 0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,sans-serif;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4285f4 0%, #34a853 100%); color: white;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 14px 18px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px;\">Section<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 14px 18px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px;\">Panels to Include<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1f1;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; font-weight: 500; color: #202124;\">Receiver Stats<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; color: #5f6368;\">Accepted vs refused spans, metrics, logs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1f1; background-color: #f8f9fa;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; font-weight: 500; color: #202124;\">Processor Metrics<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; color: #5f6368;\">Dropped spans, batch sizes, processing latency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1f1;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; font-weight: 500; color: #202124;\">Exporter Stats<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; color: #5f6368;\">Export success\/failure, queue utilization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1f1; background-color: #f8f9fa;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; font-weight: 500; color: #202124;\">System Health<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; color: #5f6368;\">CPU, memory, uptime, GC pauses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; font-weight: 500; color: #202124;\">Signal Flow Visualization<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 18px; color: #5f6368;\">Custom traces of processing paths or queue buildup<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"TextRun SCXW51812649 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51812649 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 3\">Dashboard Best Practices:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW51812649 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use service.instance.id as a templating variable to track multiple collector instances.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Visualize queue sizes and failure rates over time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Overlay export success\/failure with backend service SLAs for correlation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"open-telemetry-dashboards\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW193497103 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193497103 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Alerting on Open Telemetry Collector<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW193497103 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proactive alerting is essential to ensure the collector operates within expected thresholds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"3\"><strong>Sample Prometheus Alert Rules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-yaml\">groups: \r\n- name: otel-collector-alerts \r\n  rules: \r\n \r\n- alert: DroppedSpansDetected \r\n  expr: sum(rate(otelcol_processor_dropped_spans[5m])) &gt; 0 \r\n  for: 2m \r\n  labels: \r\n    severity: critical \r\n  annotations: \r\n    summary: Spans dropped in OpenTelemetry Collector \r\n    description: Spans are being dropped by processor. Check throughput and configuration. \r\n \r\n- alert: ExporterFailures \r\n  expr: sum(rate(otelcol_exporter_send_failed_requests[5m])) &gt; 0 \r\n  for: 5m \r\n  labels: \r\n    severity: high \r\n  annotations: \r\n    summary: Exporter failures detected \r\n    description: Exporter failed to send telemetry data. Investigate backend availability. \r\n \r\n- alert: HighQueueUsage \r\n  expr: max(otelcol_exporter_queue_size \/ otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity) &gt; 0.85 \r\n  for: 5m \r\n  labels: \r\n    severity: warning \r\n  annotations: \r\n    summary: Exporter queue nearing full capacity \r\n    description: Collector queue size is nearing maximum. Risk of data drop \r\n \r\n- alert: MemoryLeakSuspected \r\n  expr: avg_over_time(otelcol_process_resident_memory_bytes[10m]) &gt; 1.5e+09 \r\n  for: 10m \r\n  labels: \r\n    severity: warning \r\n  annotations: \r\n    summary: High sustained memory usage \r\n    description: Memory usage is elevated. Review batch sizes and signal load \r\n \r\n- alert: CPUThresholdExceeded \r\n  expr: rate(otelcol_process_cpu_seconds_total[1m]) * 100 &gt; 90 \r\n  for: 2m \r\n  labels: \r\n    severity: warning \r\n  annotations: \r\n    summary: High CPU usage detected \r\n    description: Collector CPU utilization exceeds safe limits. Evaluate load balancing strategy.<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2 id=\"best-practices\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW143697954 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW143697954 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Best Practices<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW143697954 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Label and Template Your Collector Instances<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Use unique labels like instance, environment, and region.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scrape Every 10s in Production<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Ensures high-resolution visibility without overwhelming Prometheus.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instrument Signal Flow with Custom Tags<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Helps trace specific services through collector pipelines.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tune Processor and Exporter Queues<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Adjust queue capacity based on throughput and downstream latency.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use Canary Collectors<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Deploy test instances to validate new configurations or upgrades.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103516765 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103516765 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW103516765 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:200,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/opentelemetry.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Open Telemetry Collector<\/strong><\/a> is foundational to any observability infrastructure. Yet, it must not be treated as a black box. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Proactively monitoring its health, performance, and reliability is mission-critical.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By following the practices outlined in this guide\u2014enabling detailed metrics collection, building dashboards, and defining actionable alerts\u2014you can confidently operate and scale the Open Telemetry Collector in production environments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A well-monitored collector leads to a well-observed system.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:true,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In modern distributed systems, observability is not a luxury\u2014it&#8217;s a necessity. 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