Install the Collector on Linux
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Linux
Every Collector release includes APK, DEB and RPM packaging for Linux
amd64/arm64/i386 systems. You can find the default configuration in
/etc/otelcol/config.yaml after installation.
Note:
systemdis required for automatic service configuration.
DEB Installation
To get started on Debian systems run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install wget
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install wget
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install wget
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.deb
sudo dpkg -i otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.deb
RPM Installation
To get started on Red Hat systems run the following commands:
sudo yum update
sudo yum -y install wget systemctl
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.rpm
sudo yum update
sudo yum -y install wget systemctl
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.rpm
sudo yum update
sudo yum -y install wget systemctl
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.rpm
Manual Linux installation
Linux releases are available for various architectures. You can download the file containing the binary and install it on your machine manually:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fOL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf otelcol_0.139.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fOL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz
tar -xvf otelcol_0.139.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fOL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.tar.gz
tar -xvf otelcol_0.139.0_linux_386.tar.gz
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fOL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.139.0/otelcol_0.139.0_linux_ppc64le.tar.gz
tar -xvf otelcol_0.139.0_linux_ppc64le.tar.gz
Automatic service configuration
By default, the otelcol systemd service starts with the
--config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml option after installation.
To use a different settings, set the OTELCOL_OPTIONS variable in the
/etc/otelcol/otelcol.conf systemd environment file to the appropriate
command-line options. You can run /usr/bin/otelcol --help to see all available
options. You can pass additional environment variables to the otelcol service
by adding them to this file.
If you modify the Collector configuration file or /etc/otelcol/otelcol.conf,
restart the otelcol service to apply the changes by running:
sudo systemctl restart otelcol
To check the output from the otelcol service, run:
sudo journalctl -u otelcol
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