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Kubernetes Attributes Processor

OpenTelemetry Collector processor · contrib distribution

The Kubernetes Attributes Processor allows adding k8s metadata to resource attributes for spans, metrics and logs.

Component ID: contrib-k8sattributesprocessor
Name: k8sattributesprocessor
Type: processor
Distribution: contrib
Repository: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Stability

Level	Signals
beta	logs, metrics, traces
development	profiles

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`otelcol.signal`	string	The signal type the telemetry metric is associated with
`pod_identifier`	string	The source(s) used to identify the pod, formatted as 'from/name' (e.g., 'connection', 'resource_attribute/k8s.pod.ip'). Does not contain actual identifier values to avoid high cardinality.
`status`	string	The status of the pod association operation

Data