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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/beyla/beyla.ebpf.md
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otelcol.processor.batch "default" {
output {
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "default" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
client {
endpoint = sys.env("<OTLP_ENDPOINT>")
}
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/faro/faro.receiver.md
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output {
logs = [loki.write.default.receiver]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.traces.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.traces.input]
}
}

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}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "traces" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "traces" {
client {
endpoint = "<OTLP_ADDRESS>"
}
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* `LOKI_ADDRESS`: Address of the Loki server to send logs to.
Refer to [`loki.write`][loki.write] if you want to use authentication to send logs to the Loki server.
* _`<OTLP_ADDRESS>`_: The address of the OTLP-compatible server to send traces to.
Refer to[`otelcol.exporter.otlp`][otelcol.exporter.otlp] if you want to use authentication to send logs to the Loki server.
Refer to[`otelcol.exporter.otlphttp`][otelcol.exporter.otlphttp] if you want to use authentication to send logs to an OTLP server.

[loki.write]: ../../loki/loki.write/
[otelcol.exporter.otlp]: ../../otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlp/
[otelcol.exporter.otlphttp]: ../../otelcol/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp/

<!-- START GENERATED COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS -->

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19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.auth.basic.md
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#### Use client authentication

This example configures [`otelcol.exporter.otlp`][otelcol.exporter.otlp] to use basic authentication with a single username and password combination:
This example configures [`otelcol.exporter.otlphttp`][otelcol.exporter.otlphttp] to use basic authentication with a single username and password combination:

```alloy
otelcol.receiver.otlp "example" {
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}

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "default" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
client {
endpoint = "my-otlp-grpc-server:4317"
auth = otelcol.auth.basic.creds.handler
endpoint = `https://otlp-gateway-prod-gb-south-0.grafana.net/otlp`
auth = otelcol.auth.basic.creds.handler
}
}

otelcol.auth.basic "creds" {
client_auth {
username = "demo"
password = sys.env("API_KEY")
username = sys.env("OTLP_USERNAME")
password = sys.env("OTLP_API_KEY")
}
}
```
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[otelcol.receiver.otlp]: ../otelcol.receiver.otlp/
[otelcol.exporter.otlp]: ../otelcol.exporter.otlp/
[otelcol.exporter.otlphttp]: ../otelcol.exporter.otlphttp/
12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.auth.headers.md
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## Example

This example configures [`otelcol.exporter.otlp`][otelcol.exporter.otlp] to use custom headers:
This example configures [`otelcol.exporter.otlphttp`][otelcol.exporter.otlphttp] to use custom headers:

```alloy
otelcol.receiver.otlp "default" {
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metadata_keys = ["tenant_id"]

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.production.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.production.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.production.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.production.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.production.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.production.input]
}
}

Expand All @@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ otelcol.auth.headers "creds" {
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "production" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "production" {
client {
endpoint = sys.env("<OTLP_SERVER_ENDPOINT>")
auth = otelcol.auth.headers.creds.handler
}
}
```

[otelcol.exporter.otlp]: ../otelcol.exporter.otlp/
[otelcol.exporter.otlphttp]: ../otelcol.exporter.otlphttp/
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.connector.count.md
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```alloy
otelcol.connector.count "default" {
output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.connector.servicegraph.md
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}

output {
traces = [otelcol.connector.servicegraph.default.input,otelcol.exporter.otlp.grafana_cloud_traces.input]
traces = [otelcol.connector.servicegraph.default.input,otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.grafana_cloud_traces.input]
}
}

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}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "grafana_cloud_traces" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "grafana_cloud_traces" {
client {
endpoint = "https://tempo-xxx.grafana.net/tempo"
endpoint = `https://otlp-gateway-prod-gb-south-0.grafana.net/otlp`
auth = otelcol.auth.basic.grafana_cloud_traces.handler
}
}
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.connector.spanmetrics.md
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namespace = "test.namespace"

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.production.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.production.input]
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "production" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "production" {
client {
endpoint = sys.env("OTLP_SERVER_ENDPOINT")
}
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/sources/reference/components/otelcol/otelcol.exporter.datadog.md
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```alloy
otelcol.receiver.datadog "default" {
output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input, otelcol.exporter.datadog.default input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input, otelcol.exporter.datadog.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input, otelcol.exporter.datadog.default input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input, otelcol.exporter.datadog.default.input]
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "default" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
client {
endpoint = "database:4317"
}
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`otelcol.exporter.otlphttp` doesn't expose any component-specific debug information.

## Example
## Examples

### Grafana Cloud

This example creates an exporter which can send OTLP logs, metrics, and traces to Grafana Cloud using basic authentication:

```alloy
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
client {
endpoint = `https://otlp-gateway-prod-gb-south-0.grafana.net/otlp`
auth = otelcol.auth.basic.creds.handler
}
}

otelcol.auth.basic "creds" {
client_auth {
username = sys.env("OTLP_USERNAME")
password = sys.env("OTLP_API_KEY")
}
}
```

### Local Tempo database

This example creates an exporter to send data to a locally running Grafana Tempo without TLS:

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}
}
```

<!-- START GENERATED COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS -->

## Compatible components
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}

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}

otelcol.exporter.otlp "default" {
otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
client {
endpoint = sys.env("OTLP_ENDPOINT")
}
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action = "delete"
}
output {
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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action = "delete"
}
output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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action = "delete"
}
output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
logs = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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}

output {
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlp.default.input]
metrics = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
}
}
```
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