Getting Started with the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector

Getting Started

Prerequisites

To build ADOT Collector locally, you will need to have Golang installed. You can download and install Golang here.

Try out ADOT Collector

ADOT Collector supports all AWS computing platforms and docker/kubernetes. Here are some examples on how to run ADOT Collector to send telemetry data:

• Run it with Docker
• Run it with ECS
• Run it with EKS
• Run it on AWS Linux EC2
• Run it on AWS Windows EC2
• Run it on AWS Debian EC2

When setting up the collector, you will need to decide between sidecar and service deployment and can find more information about these two patterns here.

Build Your Own Artifacts

Use the following instruction to build your own ADOT Collector artifacts:

• Build Docker Image
• Build RPM/Deb/MSI