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OpenTelemetry Collector Workshop
Deep-dive into OpenTelemetry Collector architecture, pipelines, transformations, resiliency, and secure operations with two intensive days of expert-led instruction and hands-on labs.
29 October 29-30, 2025
Berlin, Germany
What you’ll master
- Collector internals, pipeline design, and multi-signal orchestration
- Transform processor mastery with OTTL across traces, metrics, and logs
- Resilient architectures using batching, queueing, WAL, and Kafka
- Production deployment patterns and secure collector operations
Hands-on first
Every block pairs focused theory with guided lab time so you leave with working Collector configurations you can adapt immediately.
Designed by contributors
Led by maintainers and practitioners who build and run OpenTelemetry in production for high-scale organizations.
Production-ready focus
We emphasize patterns, guardrails, and troubleshooting tactics that map directly to real-world telemetry platforms.
OpenTelemetry Collector Workshop Schedule
A two-day journey from fundamentals to production readiness
Day 1 · Foundations & Core Concepts
Build your Collector fundamentals, master telemetry transformation, and make pipelines resilient.
Welcome & Introduction
- Workshop overview and objectives
- Participant introductions
- Logistics and housekeeping
Block 1: The Basics
- Theory (20 min): Telemetry fundamentals, observability pillars, OpenTelemetry overview
- Hands-on (25 min): Development environment setup
Morning Coffee Break
Block 2: Collector Fundamentals
- Theory (20 min): Receivers, processors, exporters, extensions; signal types
- Hands-on (25 min): Install and run your first collector configuration
Block 3: Pipelines Architecture
- Theory (20 min): Multi-pipeline setups, connectors, chaining collectors, design patterns
- Hands-on (25 min): Build multi-pipeline configuration and connect pipelines
Lunch Break
Block 4: Transforming Telemetry (Part 1)
- Theory (20 min): Transform processor, OTTL basics, contexts, and functions
- Hands-on (25 min): Write OTTL statements to transform span attributes
Block 5: Transforming Telemetry (Part 2)
- Theory (20 min): Advanced OTTL, enrichment, PII redaction, performance considerations
- Hands-on (25 min): Complex transformations and parsing structured logs
Afternoon Coffee Break
Block 6: Resiliency (Part 1)
- Theory (20 min): Batching, memory & persistent queues, retry strategies
- Hands-on (25 min): Configure batching/queueing and test failure scenarios
Block 7: Resiliency (Part 2)
- Theory (20 min): WAL, Kafka integration, complex failure scenarios, data loss prevention
- Hands-on (25 min): Configure persistent queues with WAL and Kafka exporter/receiver
Day 1 Wrap-up: Q&A and Discussion
- Open Q&A on the day’s topics
- Group discussion of challenges and solutions
- Preview of Day 2 focus areas
Day 2 · Advanced Topics & Production Readiness
Extend and deploy collectors at scale, add custom components, and harden your platform for production workloads.
Day 2 Welcome & Recap
- Review of Day 1 highlights and learnings
Block 1: Building Custom Collectors
- Theory (20 min): Collector builder tool, custom distributions, deployment strategies
- Hands-on (25 min): Build a tailored collector distribution with additional components
Morning Coffee Break
Block 2: Extending the Collector
- Theory (20 min): Component development, custom receivers/processors/exporters, extension practices
- Hands-on (25 min): Develop and test a simple custom processor
Block 3: Observing the Collector
- Theory (20 min): Collector telemetry, exposed metrics, debugging approaches
- Hands-on (25 min): Enable collector metrics, build a monitoring dashboard, debug issues
Lunch Break
Block 4: Collector Deployment Patterns
- Theory (20 min): Agent vs gateway topologies, sidecars, operators, scaling, multi-tenancy
- Hands-on (25 min): Deploy collectors across patterns and configure load balancing
Block 5: Sampling 101
- Theory (20 min): Sampling fundamentals, head vs tail sampling, probabilistic strategies
- Hands-on (25 min): Configure multiple sampling strategies and analyze outcomes
Afternoon Coffee Break
Block 6: Scalable Tail Sampling
- Theory (20 min): Tail sampling architecture and load balancing
- Hands-on (25 min): Implement a production-ready tail sampling pipeline
Block 7: Securing the Collector
- Theory (20 min): Authentication, authorization, TLS configuration, secrets management, network security
- Hands-on (25 min): Configure TLS, enforce authentication, harden collector deployments
Final Wrap-up: Q&A and Discussion
- Workshop retrospective and production readiness checklist
- Next steps, resources, and community engagement opportunities
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