Connect services using the OTel Collector routing connector to split telemetry by attribute

domain: opentelemetry.io · 5 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Define the routing connector in the Collector config with a table mapping attribute values to named exporters or pipelines
  2. Set a default pipeline to handle telemetry that does not match any routing rule
  3. Use resource or span attributes such as service.name or deployment.environment as the routing key
  4. Connect the routing connector as both a receiver in downstream pipelines and an exporter in the upstream pipeline
  5. Validate that telemetry reaches the correct downstream destination by checking exporter metrics for each route

Known gotchas

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