Round-Robin Connector

Status
Distributions	contrib, k8s
Issues
Code Owners	@bogdandrutu

Supported Pipeline Types

Exporter Pipeline Type	Receiver Pipeline Type	Stability Level
traces	traces	beta
metrics	metrics	beta
logs	logs	beta

The roundrobin connector can fork pipelines of the same type and equally split the load between them.

Configuration

If you are not already familiar with connectors, you may find it helpful to first visit the Connectors README.

The roundrobin connector does not have any configuration settings.

receivers:
  otlp:
exporters:
  prometheusremotewrite/1:
  prometheusremotewrite/2:
connectors:
  roundrobin:

Preprocess data, then export using multiple exporter instances to scale the throughput if the exporter does not support scale well (e.g. prometheusremotewrite).

receivers:
  otlp:
processors:
  resourcedetection:
  batch:
exporters:
  prometheusremotewrite/1:
  prometheusremotewrite/2:
connectors:
  roundrobin:
service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [otlp]
      processors: [resourcedetection, batch]
      exporters: [roundrobin]
    metrics/1:
      receivers: [roundrobin]
      exporters: [prometheusremotewrite/1]
    metrics/2:
      receivers: [roundrobin]
      exporters: [prometheusremotewrite/2]