Werk #18358: OTel: Enable OpenTelemetry collector configuration via UI
| Component | Checks & agents | ||||
| Title | OTel: Enable OpenTelemetry collector configuration via UI | ||||
| Date | Sep 16, 2025 | ||||
| Level | Trivial Change | ||||
| Class | New Feature | ||||
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed | ||||
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Previously, enabling the OpenTelemetry collector required leaving the UI and manually updating the site configuration via the terminal (stop site → enable collector → restart site). This interrupted the configuration flow and created unnecessary friction for users.
With this change, a new global setting is introduced under the header "Application monitoring": - Enable OpenTelemetry collector which toggles the OPENTELEMETRY_COLLECTOR OMD config variable directly from the UI.
This improvement streamlines the OpenTelemetry integration setup, allowing users to enable the collector directly in the UI without leaving their configuration workflow.