Add custom metrics quickstart guide for EDOT #4219
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Nice work! Left a few suggestions from a non-SME :)
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Once this is merged, I think we should also link to this guide from https://www.elastic.co/docs/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/tsds-ingest-otlp or https://www.elastic.co/docs/manage-data/data-store/data-streams/quickstart-tsds.
@marciw WDYT?
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yes, thanks @felixbarny 🙂
added it to the list in #3179
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Hey @benironside, looks like you'd need to reapprove after the changes I made (as someone form experience docs). Could you please do it? 🙂 |
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Summary
This PR adds a new standalone quickstart page, "Quickstart: Ingest custom metrics with EDOT", to the OpenTelemetry quickstart section.
The new guide provides a lightweight, environment-agnostic introduction to sending custom application metrics into Elastic using the EDOT Collector and OTLP.
Closes #3374
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