Telemetry export to third party for Cloudera
environment
You can configure the OpenTelemetry pipeline to duplicate and route your collected
metrics and logs to external, third-party platforms. To manage these export platforms without
modifying your core collector configuration, you must define your settings through the
CLI.
Understanding telemetry data export in Cloudera Observability Cloudera Observability exports collected telemetry data by using any exporter that the Cloudera distribution of OpenTelemetry collector supports. The exporter specification describes the encoding, transport, and delivery of telemetry data between telemetry sources, intermediate nodes such as collectors, and telemetry backends. This capability allows you to integrate Cloudera Observability with your existing services.Export configuration The export configuration allows you to send a copy of OpenTelemetry collector telemetry data to third party exporters. This does not modify your core collector configuration. You can manage your telemetry export platforms for logs and metrics. This process duplicates the data stream so that your existing collector pipelines continue to function without interruption while distributing data into the new third-party observability platform.Configuring a telemetry exporter You can deploy YAML files containing telemetry export information to transmit logs and metrics from Cloudera environments to external third-party observability platform. You can also create and deploy credential secrets used by your telemetry platform to authorize through extensions.Configuration steps for Cloudera Base on premises You can export metrics and logs to the third party exporter for the Cloudera Base on premises environments (airgapped and non airgapped) by configuring gateway hosts, registering exporters with or without authentication extensions, and adding processors to your pipelines.Configuration steps for Cloudera on cloud You can export metrics and logs to the third party exporter for the Cloudera on cloud environments by registering exporters with or without authentication extensions and adding processors to your pipelines.Result After you apply these changes, metrics from your Cloudera environments flow to each configured external third-party observability platform.Logs and metrics location Locate OpenTelemetry Collector error logs and access self-observation metrics on the gateway host.Reference and troubleshooting This topic provides reference commands and troubleshooting links to manage your cluster and information flow. You can run CLI commands with specific flags to view detailed output or command options. Additionally, you can access documentation to troubleshoot Realtime Monitoring or locate logs and metrics.Disabling third-party export You can remove a third-party exporter and its pipeline if you do not want to export metrics and logs to the third-party exporter. This action leaves the rest of your metrics configuration unchanged.