Roadmap

Hot reload

Implemented in the collector but need to be wired through the operator which doesn't support it just yet.

Configcheck

Go with the simplest possible solution.

Existing alternatives currently (and possible improvement ideas)

• silly config check is available by default
• there is an option in the collector for syntax check, not implemented for the operator
• implementing a full config check by running an isolated job (for the future)

See the following issue: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/4205

Persistent buffering and file position

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md

Buffering and retry helper: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/exporterhelper/README.md

Bindplane example: https://github.com/search?q=repo%3AobservIQ%2Fbindplane-agent+sending_queue&type=code

TODO:

• buffer metrics?

Metrics

We lack a complete solution for collecting byte metrics, although we plan to use the count connector already. There is another approach that doesn't involve duplicating logs which is implemented in bindplane: https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-agent/tree/release/v1.43.0/processor/metricextractprocessor

We have to keep considering both approaches until we can have a good measurement.

(Discussion ftr https://axoflow.slack.com/archives/C04HPRT4JH3/p1705938608863419)

TODO:

• check opamp what kind of metrics it provides