Grafana Alloy Opentelemetry Collector

---
name: "Grafana Alloy OpenTelemetry Collector Distribution"
slug: "grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector"
description: "Grafana Alloy is an open-source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. This skill enables agents to configure and manage observability data collection using Alloy."
github_stars: 3026
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/grafana/alloy"
category: "Monitoring & Alerts"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "grafana/alloy"
  github_stars: 3026
---

# Grafana Alloy OpenTelemetry Collector Distribution

Grafana Alloy is an open-source OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with programmable pipelines for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. This skill enables agents to configure and manage observability data collection using Alloy.

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ## Example
- otelcol.receiver.otlp "example" {
- metrics = [otelcol.processor.batch.example.input]

- Source: https://github.com/grafana/alloy
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/alloy/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/grafana-alloy-opentelemetry-collector/)