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OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines
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A new doc which recommends whether to use loki or otelcol components for log collection #1078

Closed ptodev closed 2 weeks ago

ptodev commented 3 months ago

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https://grafana.com/docs/alloy/latest/tasks/

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As we add more otelcol components, we will likely add some which already do what a loki.source component already does. This will confuse people who are wondering whether to use otelcol or loki components.

Some people are already confused, since it's not clear what to do if you'd like to have OTel semantic conventions. You'd have to use loki.source components, but it's not documented how to add OTel attributes to them.

A new doc page could clarify when to use loki and when to use otelcol components for log collection.

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ptodev commented 2 weeks ago

Done via #1308