Obtaining OpenTelemetry Using Collector

The collector is a very useful component of OpenTelemetry architecture because it allows flexibility in the sending and receiving of application telemetry to the back ends.

Before you begin Install Docker on your machine.

Procedure

Enable open telemetry by setting the following property in AppNode's config.ini file.:
```
 bw.engine.opentelemetry.enable=true 
```

ResultThe traces are visible on telemetry backend.

If you use Jaeger as backend, then UI is available on http://localhost:16686/.

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