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Troubleshoot the Collector for Kubernetes

Learn how to deploy the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector on a Kubernetes cluster, view your cluster data, and create a detector to issue alerts.

To troubleshoot the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector for Kubernetes see:

  • General troubleshooting for the Collector for Kubernetes

  • Troubleshoot sizing for the Collector for Kubernetes

  • Troubleshoot missing metrics

  • Troubleshoot Kubernetes and container runtime compatibility

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