Mac Operating System

Send your Mac machine logs and metrics using Opentelemetry service

note

For a much easier and more efficient way to collect and send metrics, consider using the Logz.io telemetry collector.

Follow these steps to manually configure OpenTelemetry on your Mac machine

Create a Logz.io directory:

sudo mkdir /opt/logzio-agent

Download OpenTelemetry tar.gz:

curl -fsSL "https://github.com/logzio/otel-collector-distro/releases/download/v0.82.0/otelcol-logzio-darwin_amd64.tar.gz" >./otelcol-logzio.tar.gz

Extract the OpenTelemetry binary:

sudo tar -zxf ./otelcol-logzio.tar.gz --directory /opt/logzio-agent

Create the OpenTelemetry config file:

sudo touch /opt/logzio-agent/otel_config.yaml

And copy the following OpenTelemetry config content into the config file.

Replace <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>, <<LISTENER-HOST>>, and <<PROMETHEUS-METRICS-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with the relevant parameters from your Logz.io account.

receivers:
  filelog/localhost_mac_system:
    include:
      - /var/log/*.log
    include_file_path: true
    operators:
      - type: move
        from: attributes["log.file.name"]
        to: attributes["log_file_name"]
      - type: move
        from: attributes["log.file.path"]
        to: attributes["log_file_path"]
    attributes:
      type: agent-mac
  hostmetrics/localhost_mac_system:
    collection_interval: 15s
    scrapers:
      cpu:
        metrics:
          system.cpu.utilization:
            enabled: true
      disk:
      load:
      filesystem:
      memory:
        metrics:
          system.memory.utilization:
            enabled: true
      network:
      paging:
      process:
        mute_process_name_error: true
        mute_process_exe_error: true
        mute_process_io_error: true
processors:
  resourcedetection/system:
    detectors: ["system"]
    system:
      hostname_sources: ["os"]
  filter:
    metrics:
      include:
        match_type: strict
        metric_names: ["system.cpu.time", "system.cpu.load_average.1m", "system.cpu.load_average.5m", "system.cpu.load_average.15m", "system.cpu.utilization", "system.memory.usage", "system.memory.utilization", "system.filesystem.usage", "system.disk.io", "system.disk.io_time", "system.disk.operation_time", "system.network.connections", "system.network.io", "system.network.packets", "system.network.errors", "process.cpu.time", "process.memory.usage", "process.disk.io", "process.memory.usage", "process.memory.virtual"]
exporters:
  logging:
  logzio/logs:
    account_token: <<LOG-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>
    region: us
  prometheusremotewrite:
    endpoint: https://<<LISTENER-HOST>>:8053
    headers:
      Authorization: Bearer <<PROMETHEUS-METRICS-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>
    resource_to_telemetry_conversion:
      enabled: true
    target_info:
        enabled: false
service:
  pipelines:
    logs:
      receivers:
        - filelog/localhost_mac_system
      processors:
        - resourcedetection/system
      exporters: [logzio/logs]
    metrics:
      receivers:
        - hostmetrics/localhost_mac_system
      processors:
        - resourcedetection/system
        - filter
      exporters: [prometheusremotewrite]
  telemetry:
    logs:
      level: "info"
    metrics:
      address: localhost:8888

Important

If you already running OpenTelemetry metrics on port 8888, you will need to edit the address field in the config file.

Create plist file:

sudo touch /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.logzio.OTELCollector.plist

And copy the plist file's content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.logzio.OTELCollector</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/opt/logzio-agent/logzio_otel_collector.log</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>/opt/logzio-agent/otelcol-logzio-darwin_amd64</string>
            <string>--config</string>
            <string>/opt/logzio-agent/otel_config.yaml</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</plist>

Manage your OpenTelemetry on Mac

To manage OpenTelemetry on your machine, use the following commands:

Description	Command
Start service	sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.logzio.OTELCollector.plist
Stop service	sudo launchctl stop com.logzio.OTELCollector
Service logs	sudo tail -F /opt/logzio-agent/logzio_otel_collector.log
Delete service	sudo launchctl remove com.logzio.OTELCollector sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.logzio.OTELCollector.plist