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system_otel: clarify hostmetrics receiver config guidance#17459

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Summary

  • Clarifies that both EDOT and upstream Contrib Collector users may need to add or adjust hostmetrics receiver configuration to enable the metrics required by the included dashboards.
  • Fixes a small typo in the troubleshooting section.
  • Bumps the package patch version to 0.2.5 and adds a changelog entry.

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Fixes #17345.

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Clarify that EDOT and Contrib Collector users may need to enable specific hostmetrics metrics required by dashboards.

Closes #17345.

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Update the 0.2.5 changelog entry link to reference the PR.

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Add a short section pointing readers to the Collector configuration and required metrics sections.

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Package system_otel - 0.2.5 containing this change is available at https://epr.elastic.co/package/system_otel/0.2.5/

@andrewkroh andrewkroh added documentation Improvements or additions to documentation. Applied to PRs that modify *.md files. Integration:system_otel System OpenTelemetry Assets labels Feb 19, 2026
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* system_otel: clarify hostmetrics receiver config guidance

Clarify that EDOT and Contrib Collector users may need to enable specific hostmetrics metrics required by dashboards.

Closes elastic#17345.

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* system_otel: link changelog entry to PR

Update the 0.2.5 changelog entry link to reference the PR.

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* system_otel: add quick start navigation for Collector config

Add a short section pointing readers to the Collector configuration and required metrics sections.

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* Update README.md

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