Install the Collector on Linux

Every Collector release includes APK, DEB and RPM packaging for Linux amd64/arm64/i386 systems. You can find the default configuration in /etc/otelcol/config.yaml after installation.

Note: systemd is required for automatic service configuration.

DEB installation

To get started on Debian systems, run the following commands:

• AMD64
• ARM64
• i386

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install wget
wget https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/releases/download/v0.160.0/otelcol_0.160.0_linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i otelcol_0.160.0_linux_amd64.deb