Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline

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Note

This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

Description

Monitor the logs of a Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline (HTP) server. Requires an HTP Agent be installed on the same system as the server.

Supported Platforms

HTP Agent: v1.40.0+

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux		✓
macOS		✓
Windows

Configuration

Field	Description
Honeycomb Telemetry Pipeline Log Path	The absolute path to the HTP log. Default is `/var/log/bindplane/bindplane.log`.
Enable File Offset Storage	When enabled, the current position into a file will be saved to disk, and reading will resume from where it left off after a collector restart.
Offset Storage Directory	The directory that the offset storage file will be created. Default is `$OIQ_OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOME/storage`.
Start At	Where in the log file to begin reading logs from. Can be `beginning` or `end`.

Example Configuration

Basic Configuration

For basic configuration, the defaults are used.

Web Interface

Honeycomb Docs - HTP Agent Source - image 1

Standalone Source

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Source
metadata:
  id: bindplane-agent
  name: bindplane-agent
spec:
  type: bindplane-agent
  parameters:
    - name: log_path
      value: '/var/log/bindplane/bindplane.log'
    - name: enable_offset_storage
      value: true
    - name: offset_storage_dir
      value: '$OIQ_OTEL_COLLECTOR_HOME/storage'
    - name: start_at
      value: 'end'

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