Sending OpenTelemetry data to Instana

OpenTelemetry data is sent to Instana by using the following methods. These methods follow open standards. These standards are maintained by the OpenTelemetry community and Instana supports these standards.

The OpenTelemetry collector sends infrastructure and application data to the Instana agent in OTLP format. Then, the Instana agent forwards the data to the Instana backend. For more information, see Sending OpenTelemetry data to the Instana agent.

OTel Instana Agent

The OpenTelemetry collector sends infrastructure and application data to the Instana backend in OTLP format. For more information, see Sending OpenTelemetry data to the Instana backend.

OTel Instana Backend