Otel support in Vector is an often requested feature. Across multiple threads. There seems to be good noises & some occasional we'll get to it, but so far there's just otel log ingest support, which has been there for a while now. https://github.com/vectordotdev/vector/issues/17307
I'm excited for these front-end telemetry routers to keep going. Really hoping Vector can co-evolve with and grow with the rest of the telemetry ecosystem. Otel itself has really started in on the next front with OpAMP, Open Agent Management Protocol, to allow online reconfiguration. I'd love to know more about Vector's online management... quick scan seems to say it's rewriting your JSON config & doing a SIGHUP. https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/opamp/
Vectors configurability & fast-and-slim promise looks amazing. Everyone would be so much better off if it can grow to interop well with otel. Really hoping here.
In a sense, OTel is a big threat to Datadog, so I can imagine slow-rolling support is one way to manage that without looking actively hostile to it, similarly to how Datadog has other OTel "support" that doesn't play nicely with a lot of their more valuable tools/features.
Datadog has had a number of "come to jesus" moments in the past couple years where they've had to embrace OTel, but yeah, I indeed confess to a inner fear telling me that the Vector acquisition is to prevent tech as much as it is to develop it.
I'm excited for these front-end telemetry routers to keep going. Really hoping Vector can co-evolve with and grow with the rest of the telemetry ecosystem. Otel itself has really started in on the next front with OpAMP, Open Agent Management Protocol, to allow online reconfiguration. I'd love to know more about Vector's online management... quick scan seems to say it's rewriting your JSON config & doing a SIGHUP. https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/opamp/
Vectors configurability & fast-and-slim promise looks amazing. Everyone would be so much better off if it can grow to interop well with otel. Really hoping here.