opentelemetry-configuration-validation - Validate OpenTelemetry Collector configurations before deployment
Validates OpenTelemetry Collector configurations for structure, pipeline wiring, sampling, resource attributes, memory limits, and exporter reliability.
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Updated: 2026-10-03Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Validate Collector configuration structure
- Verify pipeline component wiring
- Check memory limiter placement
- Review sampling policies
- Check resource attribute consistency
- Audit exporter reliability settings
- Integrate validation into CI
Inputs
- Rendered Collector configuration files
- Collector distribution and version
- Container or host memory limits
- Application resource attributes
- Running Collector internal telemetry
- Backend telemetry data
Outputs
- Structural validation results
- Pipeline wiring findings
- Sampling review findings
- Resource consistency findings
- Exporter reliability findings
- CI validation status
- Post-deployment telemetry observations
Requirements
- Matching otelcol or otelcol-contrib binary
- Local or CI command execution access
- Read access to Collector internal telemetry