opentelemetry-collector0.152.0

opentelemetry-collector receives telemetry from networked systems, processes it, and sends the resulting data to selected destinations. It provides a vendor-neutral path for moving observability data without tying collection and routing to one provider. Traces, metrics, and logs are handled through a single codebase rather than separate components for each data type.

The service supports popular telemetry protocols and is designed to begin collecting data with a reasonable default configuration. Its processing and export capabilities work with open-source formats such as Jaeger and Prometheus, along with open-source and commercial backend systems. This arrangement can reduce the need to operate different agents or collectors for each incoming format or destination backend.

Teams can deploy the same software as an agent close to workloads or as a centralized collector, depending on how data should be gathered and forwarded across a Linux environment. Its extensible architecture permits custom behavior without modifying the core code, which suits organizations routing observability data between varied services and platforms. The implementation is designed to maintain stable performance as telemetry loads and configurations change.

Canonical publishes version 0.152.0 as open-source software for Linux. Installation requires Linux with snapd and an x86_64 (amd64) system.