New get started guide for the Collector

[theletterf]

This solves #1695 and potentially a few others.

I went for the simplest possible approach:

• Download the binary or Docker image
• Run with default configuration
• Install telemetrygen
• Send traces
• Check in zpages

At the same time I've split the install instructions into a separate page.

[theletterf]

@svrnm As commented by @mx-psi, the instructions for telemetrygen will only work once 0.88 has been released.

[svrnm]

@svrnm As commented by @mx-psi, the instructions for telemetrygen will only work once 0.88 has been released.

Shouldn't take long until we have that release, right?

[svrnm]

Thanks!
Some more remarks

[mx-psi]

@svrnm As commented by @mx-psi, the instructions for telemetrygen will only work once 0.88 has been released.

Shouldn't take long until we have that release, right?

Should be done either today or tomorrow

[theletterf]

@svrnm All changes applied. Re: Collector capitalization, are you aware of #3411?

[svrnm]

@svrnm All changes applied.

Thanks!

Re: Collector capitalization, are you aware of #3411?

I somehow missed that discussion

[svrnm]

LGTM overall, 2 minor things left. Let's wait for 0.88 then

[mx-psi]

Looks like you will have to wait for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pull/28565, sorry 😞 will let you know as soon as we have released this

[svrnm]

Looks like you will have to wait for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pull/28565, sorry 😞 will let you know as soon as we have released this

No worries! Hopefully we don't have to wait for 0.89 (in that case we might consider going with running telemetrygen in a docker container as well??)

[mx-psi]

Looks like you will have to wait for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/pull/28565, sorry 😞 will let you know as soon as we have released this

No worries! Hopefully we don't have to wait for 0.89 (in that case we might consider going with running telemetrygen in a docker container as well??)

I want to do a 0.88.1 release just for telemetrygen since I consider this to be a serious enough issue. Will keep you updated in any case.

[mx-psi]

telemetrygen should work now :)

[svrnm]

@theletterf can you take a look at the remaining open conversations? I think after that we should be good to merge :-)

[theletterf]

@svrnm I believe there are no more pending items

[svrnm]

@svrnm I believe there are no more pending items

there are 3 open conversations unfortunately they are hidden behind that "3 hidden conversations. Load more"

[theletterf]

Saw them afterwards and solved them (I think)!

[svrnm]

Ah, yes, now they are resolved, let me check again

[svrnm]

Done, thank you @theletterf