Use when building or modifying an OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline that forwards telemetry to Netdata. Covers receivers, processors, exporters, and three deployment patterns (DaemonSet, gateway, and OpenTelemetry Operator). Teaches how to shape chart…
Use when a customer or prospect has sent a written requirements document, architecture brief, or RFP and the deliverable is a config bundle (Netdata otel.yaml, OpenTelemetry Collector pipelines, per-language instrumentation handoff, verification playbook)…
Use when adding OpenTelemetry instrumentation to application code that will report to Netdata. Covers SDK setup, resource attributes, auto-instrumentation, and patterns for Node.js, Python, Java, Go, .NET, Ruby, and PHP. Emits metrics, logs, and traces via…
Use when migrating observability from Datadog, New Relic, Dynatrace, or Prometheus to Netdata. Covers SDK replacement, exporter reconfiguration, Prometheus endpoint passthrough, and dashboard parity expectations.
Use when enabling the Netdata otel.plugin, writing /etc/netdata/otel.yaml, defining metric-to-chart mappings, configuring TLS on the OTLP receiver, setting log or trace retention, or debugging OTLP ingestion issues with Netdata. Covers OTLP gRPC ingestion for…
Use when migrating alerting rules from VictoriaMetrics (vmalert), Prometheus, Thanos Ruler, or Mimir/Cortex to Netdata health alerts. These tools share the same Prometheus alerting-rule YAML and PromQL/MetricsQL, so the method is identical. Covers the…
Use when you need Netdata to collect metrics from something it does not already monitor, such as a custom application, an internal service, the output of a script or CLI tool, or a device. Covers the decision tree from the built-in StatsD server (zero…
Use when an AI coding agent needs to connect to a Netdata Agent, Parent, or Netdata Cloud via MCP to verify telemetry, query live metrics, cross-reference instrumentation with infrastructure signals, or troubleshoot services. Covers Claude Code, Cursor,…