--- title: OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and... description: A hands-on guide to deploying OpenTelemetry Collectors in Kubernetes and integrating them with the VictoriaMetrics stack (VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-otel-collectors-in-kubernetes-and-victoriametrics-stack-integration-rv0ruemf6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and VictoriaMetrics Stack integration | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on guide to deploying OpenTelemetry Collectors in Kubernetes and integrating them with the VictoriaMetrics stack (VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opentelemetry-otel-collectors-in-kubernetes-and-victoriametrics-stack-integration-rv0ruemf6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RV0ruEMf6.png og:image:alt: OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and VictoriaMetrics Stack integration 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. # OpenTelemetry: OTel Collectors in Kubernetes and VictoriaMetrics Stack integration **[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 26 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on guide to deploying OpenTelemetry Collectors in Kubernetes and integrating them with the VictoriaMetrics stack (VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs, VictoriaTraces). Covers the OTel Collector architecture including Gateway and DaemonSet Agent roles, full Helm chart configurations for both, pipeline setup for metrics and logs, handling high-cardinality label issues, log transformation with the transform processor, and how OTel metric naming differs from Prometheus format in Grafana queries. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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