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The OpenTelemetry Collector: OTel’s Hidden Superpowers

Date

Apr

8

2025

Time

12pm EDT

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Most teams treat the OpenTelemetry Collector as a data forwarder. It's actually a powerful proxy that handles transformation, filtering, and routing — all without touching your application code.

What we'll cover

  1. Where the Collector fits in your OpenTelemetry implementation
  2. Common misconceptions and overlooked capabilities
  3. Best practices for filtering, efficiency, and statelessness
  4. Chaining multiple collectors for optimized data flow
  5. How Checkly uses the Collector for its Traces product

What you'll walk away with

  • —A deeper understanding of what the OTel Collector can do beyond forwarding
  • —Practical configuration patterns for filtering and routing
  • —Insight into how Checkly built its Traces product on the Collector

Speakers

Nica Mellifera

Senior Developer Advocate · Checkly

María de Antón

Staff Product Manager · Checkly