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What does this PR do?

Add otelcollector.installation_method config option to be set by deployment tooling. This config option is used to set extensions.datadog.installation_method in DDOT (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib#46881).

For DDOT bare-metal, installation_method is set through the environment variable in the system definition files for Linux, and in the post install script for Windows.

Motivation

Track usage for DDOT across different installation methods.

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Unit tests and ran locally

Additional Notes

Adds replace for github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/datadogextension to use the cherry picked commits from open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib#46896 and open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib#46881 due to a delay in the collector release. These will be removed once #47989 is merged.

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LGTM for Fleet.

Just a note: for the Agent we have an file (I believe install_info?) that already has the install method. Maybe we should do something similar?

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This needs to wait for 0.148.0 upgrade?

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This needs to wait for 0.148.0 upgrade?

Yeah I'm keeping it as a draft until then

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Files inventory check summary

File checks results against ancestor d90f1b55:

Results for datadog-agent_7.78.0~devel.git.734.44b4de6.pipeline.103525083-1_amd64.deb:

No change detected

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Static quality checks

✅ Please find below the results from static quality gates
Comparison made with ancestor 6c48b81
📊 Static Quality Gates Dashboard
🔗 SQG Job

Successful checks

Info

Quality gate Change Size (prev → curr → max)
agent_msi +2.0 KiB (0.00% increase) 602.523 → 602.525 → 1062.520
iot_agent_deb_armhf +4.0 KiB (0.01% increase) 40.856 → 40.860 → 41.030
29 successful checks with minimal change (< 2 KiB)
Quality gate Current Size
agent_deb_amd64 749.052 MiB
agent_deb_amd64_fips 707.409 MiB
agent_heroku_amd64 312.825 MiB
agent_rpm_amd64 749.036 MiB
agent_rpm_amd64_fips 707.393 MiB
agent_rpm_arm64 727.498 MiB
agent_rpm_arm64_fips 688.802 MiB
agent_suse_amd64 749.036 MiB
agent_suse_amd64_fips 707.393 MiB
agent_suse_arm64 727.498 MiB
agent_suse_arm64_fips 688.802 MiB
docker_agent_amd64 809.382 MiB
docker_agent_arm64 812.646 MiB
docker_agent_jmx_amd64 1000.298 MiB
docker_agent_jmx_arm64 992.340 MiB
docker_cluster_agent_amd64 203.708 MiB
docker_cluster_agent_arm64 218.167 MiB
docker_cws_instrumentation_amd64 7.142 MiB
docker_cws_instrumentation_arm64 6.689 MiB
docker_dogstatsd_amd64 39.215 MiB
docker_dogstatsd_arm64 37.445 MiB
dogstatsd_deb_amd64 29.855 MiB
dogstatsd_deb_arm64 28.007 MiB
dogstatsd_rpm_amd64 29.855 MiB
dogstatsd_suse_amd64 29.855 MiB
iot_agent_deb_amd64 43.062 MiB
iot_agent_deb_arm64 40.124 MiB
iot_agent_rpm_amd64 43.062 MiB
iot_agent_suse_amd64 43.062 MiB
On-wire sizes (compressed)
Quality gate Change Size (prev → curr → max)
agent_deb_amd64 -15.88 KiB (0.01% reduction) 174.199 → 174.184 → 177.700
agent_deb_amd64_fips +4.12 KiB (0.00% increase) 165.143 → 165.147 → 172.230
agent_heroku_amd64 -3.09 KiB (0.00% reduction) 74.903 → 74.900 → 79.970
agent_msi +16.0 KiB (0.01% increase) 137.711 → 137.727 → 146.220
agent_rpm_amd64 +21.64 KiB (0.01% increase) 177.119 → 177.140 → 180.780
agent_rpm_amd64_fips +23.94 KiB (0.01% increase) 167.151 → 167.174 → 173.370
agent_rpm_arm64 -13.93 KiB (0.01% reduction) 159.630 → 159.616 → 161.610
agent_rpm_arm64_fips +10.54 KiB (0.01% increase) 151.286 → 151.296 → 155.910
agent_suse_amd64 +21.64 KiB (0.01% increase) 177.119 → 177.140 → 180.780
agent_suse_amd64_fips +23.94 KiB (0.01% increase) 167.151 → 167.174 → 173.370
agent_suse_arm64 -13.93 KiB (0.01% reduction) 159.630 → 159.616 → 161.610
agent_suse_arm64_fips +10.54 KiB (0.01% increase) 151.286 → 151.296 → 155.910
docker_agent_amd64 +2.38 KiB (0.00% increase) 267.211 → 267.213 → 271.240
docker_agent_arm64 +11.11 KiB (0.00% increase) 254.493 → 254.504 → 259.800
docker_agent_jmx_amd64 +4.31 KiB (0.00% increase) 335.860 → 335.864 → 339.870
docker_agent_jmx_arm64 +4.0 KiB (0.00% increase) 319.135 → 319.139 → 324.390
docker_cluster_agent_amd64 neutral 71.295 MiB → 72.920
docker_cluster_agent_arm64 -4.94 KiB (0.01% reduction) 66.939 → 66.934 → 68.220
docker_cws_instrumentation_amd64 neutral 2.999 MiB → 3.330
docker_cws_instrumentation_arm64 neutral 2.729 MiB → 3.090
docker_dogstatsd_amd64 neutral 15.160 MiB → 15.820
docker_dogstatsd_arm64 neutral 14.482 MiB → 14.830
dogstatsd_deb_amd64 neutral 7.888 MiB → 8.790
dogstatsd_deb_arm64 neutral 6.772 MiB → 7.710
dogstatsd_rpm_amd64 neutral 7.898 MiB → 8.800
dogstatsd_suse_amd64 neutral 7.898 MiB → 8.800
iot_agent_deb_amd64 neutral 11.350 MiB → 12.040
iot_agent_deb_arm64 neutral 9.665 MiB → 10.450
iot_agent_deb_armhf neutral 9.893 MiB → 10.620
iot_agent_rpm_amd64 neutral 11.369 MiB → 12.060
iot_agent_suse_amd64 neutral 11.369 MiB → 12.060

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LGTM for Fleet.

Just a note: for the Agent we have an file (I believe install_info?) that already has the install method. Maybe we should do something similar?

We discussed this more offline and decided that we should keep otelcollector.installation_method since we will also need to use this config for DDOT standalone.

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Regression Detector Results

Metrics dashboard
Target profiles
Run ID: 8763e7f7-a923-43fb-bd4f-89a4502a2fdb

Baseline: b2695c6
Comparison: 77391a9
Diff

Optimization Goals: ❌ Regression(s) detected

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
quality_gate_logs % cpu utilization +8.41 [+6.66, +10.15] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard

Experiments ignored for regressions

Regressions in experiments with settings containing erratic: true are ignored.

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
docker_containers_cpu % cpu utilization +2.13 [-0.95, +5.21] 1 Logs

Fine details of change detection per experiment

perf experiment goal Δ mean % Δ mean % CI trials links
quality_gate_logs % cpu utilization +8.41 [+6.66, +10.15] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
docker_containers_cpu % cpu utilization +2.13 [-0.95, +5.21] 1 Logs
quality_gate_metrics_logs memory utilization +0.71 [+0.47, +0.95] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
ddot_logs memory utilization +0.42 [+0.35, +0.48] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_20mb_12k_contexts_20_senders memory utilization +0.38 [+0.32, +0.44] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics_sum_cumulative memory utilization +0.32 [+0.18, +0.46] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics memory utilization +0.18 [-0.00, +0.37] 1 Logs
tcp_syslog_to_blackhole ingress throughput +0.16 [+0.04, +0.29] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency egress throughput +0.05 [-0.47, +0.56] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency egress throughput -0.00 [-0.40, +0.39] 1 Logs
tcp_dd_logs_filter_exclude ingress throughput -0.00 [-0.12, +0.11] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_to_api_v3 ingress throughput -0.01 [-0.21, +0.19] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory utilization -0.01 [-0.05, +0.03] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency egress throughput -0.02 [-0.11, +0.08] 1 Logs
uds_dogstatsd_to_api ingress throughput -0.02 [-0.22, +0.18] 1 Logs
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency egress throughput -0.06 [-0.49, +0.37] 1 Logs
docker_containers_memory memory utilization -0.08 [-0.16, -0.01] 1 Logs
quality_gate_idle memory utilization -0.10 [-0.15, -0.05] 1 Logs bounds checks dashboard
ddot_metrics_sum_delta memory utilization -0.10 [-0.27, +0.07] 1 Logs
file_tree memory utilization -0.20 [-0.25, -0.15] 1 Logs
ddot_metrics_sum_cumulativetodelta_exporter memory utilization -0.33 [-0.55, -0.10] 1 Logs
otlp_ingest_metrics memory utilization -0.42 [-0.57, -0.26] 1 Logs
otlp_ingest_logs memory utilization -0.67 [-0.77, -0.56] 1 Logs

Bounds Checks: ✅ Passed

perf experiment bounds_check_name replicates_passed observed_value links
docker_containers_cpu simple_check_run 10/10 711 ≥ 26
docker_containers_memory memory_usage 10/10 274.66MiB ≤ 370MiB
docker_containers_memory simple_check_run 10/10 611 ≥ 26
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.19GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_0ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.23GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_1000ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.20GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_100ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency memory_usage 10/10 0.21GiB ≤ 1.20GiB
file_to_blackhole_500ms_latency missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B
quality_gate_idle intake_connections 10/10 3 = 3 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle memory_usage 10/10 172.95MiB ≤ 175MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features intake_connections 10/10 2 ≤ 3 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_idle_all_features memory_usage 10/10 489.53MiB ≤ 550MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs intake_connections 10/10 3 ≤ 6 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs memory_usage 10/10 209.52MiB ≤ 220MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_logs missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs cpu_usage 10/10 355.63 ≤ 2000 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs intake_connections 10/10 3 ≤ 6 bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs memory_usage 10/10 419.32MiB ≤ 475MiB bounds checks dashboard
quality_gate_metrics_logs missed_bytes 10/10 0B = 0B bounds checks dashboard

Explanation

Confidence level: 90.00%
Effect size tolerance: |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%

Performance changes are noted in the perf column of each table:

  • ✅ = significantly better comparison variant performance
  • ❌ = significantly worse comparison variant performance
  • ➖ = no significant change in performance

A regression test is an A/B test of target performance in a repeatable rig, where "performance" is measured as "comparison variant minus baseline variant" for an optimization goal (e.g., ingress throughput). Due to intrinsic variability in measuring that goal, we can only estimate its mean value for each experiment; we report uncertainty in that value as a 90.00% confidence interval denoted "Δ mean % CI".

For each experiment, we decide whether a change in performance is a "regression" -- a change worth investigating further -- if all of the following criteria are true:

  1. Its estimated |Δ mean %| ≥ 5.00%, indicating the change is big enough to merit a closer look.

  2. Its 90.00% confidence interval "Δ mean % CI" does not contain zero, indicating that if our statistical model is accurate, there is at least a 90.00% chance there is a difference in performance between baseline and comparison variants.

  3. Its configuration does not mark it "erratic".

CI Pass/Fail Decision

Passed. All Quality Gates passed.

  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle_all_features, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_idle, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check missed_bytes: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_metrics_logs, bounds check cpu_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check missed_bytes: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check intake_connections: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.
  • quality_gate_logs, bounds check memory_usage: 10/10 replicas passed. Gate passed.

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func setDDOTServiceEnvVars() error {
key, _, err := registry.CreateKey(
registry.LOCAL_MACHINE,
`SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\`+otelServiceName+`\Environment`,

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P2 Badge Write the Windows service Environment value on the service key

Our Windows service helper writes a service's environment as an Environment multi-string value directly on HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<name> (test/new-e2e/tests/windows/common/service.go:257-267), but this code creates a ...\Services\datadog-otel-agent\Environment subkey and writes that subkey's default value instead. In Windows installs that rely on this hook, the DDOT service will still start without DD_OTELCOLLECTOR_INSTALLATION_METHOD, so the new installation_method remains empty even though installation succeeds.

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