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Send Kubernetes Data with Telemetry Collector

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Telemetry Collector is currently available in all regions except for Japan. If you're located in this region, you can use Logz.io’s integrations hub to send your data.

To start sending your Kubernetes data through the Telemetry Collector, you'll need the following:

  • Admin privileges in your Logz.io account
  • Outgoing traffic to destination ports 8053 and 8071 allowed

If you're unsure whether traffic is allowed to these ports, continue the process, and Logz.io will notify you if access is restricted.

Navigate to the Integration hub and choose one of the Kubernetes integrations available under the Quick Setup section.

Important

To configure the Telemetry Collector, you must be logged into your main Logz.io account.

Start collecting button

Send Kubernetes data

Activate your collector

Choose the platform on which you want to run the Telemetry Collector. You can choose between Helm, Mac, Windows, or Linux.

  • Helm users - Connect to the Kubernetes cluster from which you want to send telemetry, copy the Helm Install snippet, replace the placeholders with the relevant values, and run it in your terminal.
  • Mac users - Copy the snippet and run it in your terminal.
  • Windows users - Copy the snippet and run it in your PowerShell x64 as Administrator (Note that PowerShell x86 and PowerShell ISE are currently not supported).
  • Linux users - Copy the snippet and run it in your command line.
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Some platforms require additional details, such as admin privileges or passwords, to complete the installation. These details are not sent to or stored by Logz.io.

Review collector

Run the Telemetry Collector

The Telemetry Collector will create all setters needed for the Helm install command to install Logz.io Helm chart and deploy the chart with the relevant parameters. Once running, the Telemetry Collector will continuously collect the relevant data from your end, and you can view and manage it in Logz.io.

You can review the complete list of parameters and commands Logz.io runs in the background on the Logzio Monitoring GitHub repository.

It might take a while for the Telemetry Collector to get up and running, after which you can view your logs, metrics, or traces and get full observability into your system.

Auto-instrument and tag your code with Easy Connect

Easy connect helps streamline auto-instrumentation and accurately identify and tag logs and traces. Copy and paste the snippet into your terminal to review and update your logs.

Easy Connect

Learn more about Easy Connect.

Optional - Configure data sources

You can configure the data sources collected by the Telemetry Collector. To do so, click on Advance settings at the top of the page. You can review and edit the telemetries collected by Logz.io.

Select data source

Optional - Define your collector

You can edit your collector’s name and description and choose which Logs, Metrics, and Tracing accounts to use. To do so, click on Advance settings at the top of the Activate your collector page, and click Next to reach the Finalize Telemetry Collector page.

If you don't have Logs, Metrics, or Traces accounts, you can review the newly generated accounts.

Click Save changes to continue.

Define collector

Manage your Telemetry Collector:

To manage a Kubernetes Telemetry Collector, you can use the following commands:

DescriptionCommand
Show Helm Status:helm status -n monitoring logzio-monitoring
Get Pods:kubectl get pods -n monitoring
Show Pod's Logs:kubectl logs <<POD_NAME>> -n monitoring
Show Pod's Info:kubectl describe pod <<POD_NAME>> -n monitoring

Replace <<POD_NAME>> with your pod's name.

If you're running your Kubernetes Telemetry Collector from a Windows machine, you can use the following commands to gain access to the Helm chart and Logz.io's logs:

DescriptionCommand
Logz.io Helm:C:\Users\<<USERNAME>>\AppData\Roaming\LogzioAgent\LogzioKubernetes\logzio_helm.txt
Logz.io Telemetry Collector Logs:C:\Users\<<USERNAME>>\AppData\Roaming\LogzioAgent\logzio_agent.log
Install Logz.io Helm:Invoke-Expression -Command (Get-Content -Path C:\Users\<<USERNAME>>\AppData\Roaming\LogzioAgent\LogzioKubernetes\logzio_helm.txt)
Uninstall Logz.io Helm:helm uninstall -n monitoring logzio-monitoring

Replace <<USERNAME>> with your Windows user name.

If you have additional questions about managing your Telemetry Collector, contact Logz.io's Support team.

Remove your Telemetry Collector:

You can uninstall your Telemetry Collector from Kubernetes by running the following snippet in the same platform you've used to install it:

helm uninstall -n monitoring logzio-monitoring

  • Mac - Run the snippet in your terminal.
  • Windows - Run the snippet in your PowerShell x64 as Administrator.
  • Linux - Run the snippet in your command line.

This snippet removes the collector from Logz.io and stops sending your data. Of course, you can always create a new collector or use Logz.io's Send your data to ship your data.

If you have additional questions about managing your Telemetry Collector, contact Logz.io's Support team.

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