--- title: Native OpenTelemetry inside Alloy: Now you can get the... description: Grafana Alloy v1.14.0 introduces an experimental OpenTelemetry engine that lets users configure Alloy using standard upstream OpenTelemetry Collector YAML.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/native-opentelemetry-inside-alloy-now-you-can-get-the-best-of-both-worlds-nbjgcmthl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Native OpenTelemetry inside Alloy: Now you can get the best of both worlds | daily.dev og:description: Grafana Alloy v1.14.0 introduces an experimental OpenTelemetry engine that lets users configure Alloy using standard upstream OpenTelemetry Collector YAML.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/native-opentelemetry-inside-alloy-now-you-can-get-the-best-of-both-worlds-nbjgcmthl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nbJGCmtHl.png og:image:alt: Native OpenTelemetry inside Alloy: Now you can get the best of both worlds og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Native OpenTelemetry inside Alloy: Now you can get the best of both worlds **[Grafana Labs](https://daily.dev/sources/grafana)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grafana Alloy v1.14.0 introduces an experimental OpenTelemetry engine that lets users configure Alloy using standard upstream OpenTelemetry Collector YAML. This opt-in feature runs alongside the existing default engine, meaning current setups are unaffected. A new `otel` CLI subcommand invokes the new engine, and an Alloy engine extension allows both pipelines to run in parallel within a single Alloy instance. The release is the first step toward making Alloy more OpenTelemetry-native, with future work planned to align operational parity between the two engines, including Fleet Management support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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