A Windows MSI package (64-bit only) is available to download at https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/releases .
The collector will be installed to
\Program Files\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector, and the
splunk-otel-collector service will be created but not started.
A default config file will be copied to
\ProgramData\Splunk\OpenTelemetry Collector\config.yaml if it does not
already exist. This file is required to start the splunk-otel-collector
service.
Double-click on the downloaded package and follow the wizard.
In a PowerShell terminal:
PS> Start-Process -Wait msiexec "/i PATH_TO_MSI /qn"Replace PATH_TO_MSI with the full path to the downloaded package, e.g.
C:\your\download\folder\splunk-otel-collector-0.4.0-amd64.msi.
Before starting the splunk-otel-collector service, the following variables
in the default config file need to be replaced by the appropriate values for
your environment:
${SPLUNK_ACCESS_TOKEN}: The Splunk access token to authenticate requests${SPLUNK_API_URL}: The Splunk API URL, e.g.https://api.us0.signalfx.com${SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN}: The Splunk HEC authentication token${SPLUNK_HEC_URL}: The Splunk HEC endpoint URL, e.g.https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v1/log${SPLUNK_INGEST_URL}: The Splunk ingest URL, e.g.https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com${SPLUNK_TRACE_URL}: The Splunk trace endpoint URL, e.g.https://ingest.us0.signalfx.com/v2/trace
After updating all variables in the config file, start the
splunk-otel-collector service by rebooting the system or running the
following command in a PowerShell terminal:
PS> Start-Service splunk-otel-collectorThe collector logs and errors can be viewed in the Windows Event Viewer.