{"id":"6352220d-3157-4e54-951d-1ed9fc821fe6","task":"Configure an OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline with receivers, processors, and exporters","domain":"opentelemetry.io","steps":["Install the OpenTelemetry Collector (core or contrib distribution) for your platform and create a collector config YAML file","Define one or more receivers under the 'receivers:' key (e.g. otlp with grpc/http endpoints, hostmetrics, or filelog) supplying listen address and any protocol-specific options","Add processors under 'processors:' such as 'batch' (to reduce export calls), 'memory_limiter' (to cap RAM usage), and 'resourcedetection' (to enrich resource attributes)","Configure exporters under 'exporters:' pointing to your backend (e.g. otlp/http with endpoint, headers; or prometheusremotewrite with endpoint)","Wire components together in a named pipeline under 'service.pipelines' for each signal type (traces, metrics, logs), listing receivers, processors, and exporters in order","Start the collector with '--config collector-config.yaml' and validate via the collector's internal health-check endpoint and zpages extension"],"gotchas":["Processors listed in a pipeline are applied in declaration order; placing 'memory_limiter' first is strongly recommended to prevent OOM before batching","The 'batch' processor can introduce latency if 'send_batch_max_size' and 'timeout' are not tuned; default timeout is 200ms which may be too low for high-throughput workloads","Contrib receivers and exporters are not included in the core binary; you must use the contrib distribution or build a custom collector with ocb (OpenTelemetry Collector Builder)"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T03:22:27.379Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:40.307Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/6352220d-3157-4e54-951d-1ed9fc821fe6"}