List: OpenTelemetry Operator | Curated by Adriana Villela | Medium

Jul 10, 2025

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Switching to an OpenTelemetry Operator-managed Collector on Kubernetes

A hands-on approach featuring the OpenTelemetry Operator and OpenTelemetry Demo on Kubernetes

Jul 10

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Jul 10

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Let’s Learn About Horizontal Pod Autoscaling on the OpenTelemetry Collector

Configuring HPA on Collectors managed by the OpenTelemetry Operator

May 24

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May 24

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So You Built A Custom Collector with the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder…Now What?

Things nobody tells you when you build your own OTel Collector distribution

Mar 14

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Mar 14

Let’s Learn About the OTel Operator’s Target Allocator!

Scrape Prometheus metrics without Prometheus in your Kubernetes cluster!

Jul 21, 2023

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Jul 21, 2023

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Let’s Learn About Auto-Instrumentation with the OTel Operator!

Learn the basics of auto-instrumentation with the OTel Operator, and how to troubleshoot auto-instrumentation issues.

Jul 28, 2023

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Jul 28, 2023

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Let’s Learn About OTel Python Logging Auto-Instrumentation with the OTel Operator!

OTel Logs with Python made simpler through auto-instrumentation

Aug 18, 2023

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Aug 18, 2023

Prometheus & OpenTelemetry: Better Together

How OpenTelemetry can be used to turboboost Prometheus

Mar 26, 2024

Mar 26, 2024

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Things You Might Not Have Known About the OpenTelemetry Operator

An OTel Operator Q&A

Apr 25, 2024

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Apr 25, 2024

Tips for Troubleshooting the Target Allocator

What to do when your metrics aren’t being scraped by the OTel Operator’s Target Allocator

Jun 25, 2024

Glass pyramid at the Louvre

Jun 25, 2024

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When Things Go Sideways: Troubleshooting the OpenTelemetry Operator

co-written with Reese Lee

Nov 18, 2024

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Nov 18, 2024