Elastic Agent otel mode - kafka exporter

stephenb · March 16, 2025, 6:11pm

I did some checking if you look at the actual 8.17.3 release kafka exporter is not supported yet

internal/pkg/otel/README.md

v8.17.3

# Elastic Distribution for OpenTelemetry Collector

This is an Elastic supported distribution of the [OpenTelemetry Collector](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector).

## Running the Elastic Distribution for OpenTelemetry Collector

To run the Elastic Distribution for OpenTelemetry Collector you can use Elastic-Agent binary downloaded for your OS and architecture.
Running command

```bash
./elastic-agent otel --config otel.yml
```

from unpacked Elastic Agent package will run Elastic-Agent as an OpenTelemetry Collector. The `--config` flag needs to point to [OpenTelemetry Collector Configuration file](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/configuration/). OTel mode is available only using `otel` subcommand. Elastic Agent will not do any autodetection of configuration file passed when used without `otel` subcommand and will try to run normally.

To validate OTel configuration run `otel validate` subcommand:

```bash
./elastic-agent otel validate --config otel.yml
```

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Which is also supported by the error message that you got above

You are looking at main Branch which not the correct documentation for the 8.17.3 release

I am not sure when the Kafka exporter will be part of the distribution...

I do not see the 8.18 branch yet, not sure if it will be in that or not.

Keep and eye out

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Elastic Agent otel mode - kafka exporter

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