Telegen

Getting Started

  • Getting Started
    • Quick Start Guide
      • Overview
      • Prerequisites
        • System Requirements
        • Kernel Requirements
      • Installation Methods
        • Kubernetes (Recommended)
        • Linux
        • Docker
      • Verify Installation
        • Check Agent Status
        • Check Health Endpoint
        • Check Metrics
      • Targeted Instrumentation (Optional)
      • What Gets Collected
        • Auto-Discovered Metadata
      • Next Steps
    • Core Concepts
      • Deployment Modes
        • Agent Mode
        • Collector Mode
      • Signal Types
        • Signal Correlation
      • Auto-Discovery
        • Cloud Detection
        • Runtime Detection
        • Database Detection
      • eBPF Programs
        • eBPF Program Types Used
      • Resource Attributes
      • Next Steps
    • Architecture Overview
      • High-Level Architecture
        • Component Overview
      • Data Flow
      • eBPF Tracer Architecture
        • Tracer Types
        • eBPF Maps
      • Pipeline Architecture
        • Signal Processing Pipeline
        • Export Pipeline
      • Memory Architecture
        • Buffer Management
        • Memory Limits
      • Security Model
        • Required Capabilities
        • Privilege Separation
      • High Availability
        • DaemonSet Mode
        • Collector Mode (HA)
      • Performance Characteristics
        • Overhead
        • Throughput
      • Next Steps

Installation

  • Installation
    • Deployment Methods
    • Quick Reference
      • Minimum Requirements
      • Choosing a Deployment Mode
        • Pipeline Deployment Guide
        • Kubernetes Installation
        • Helm Installation
        • Docker Installation
        • Linux Installation
        • OpenShift Installation
        • AWS ECS Installation

Configuration

  • Configuration
    • Configuration Philosophy
    • Common Exporter Pipeline
    • Configuration Methods
    • Sections
      • Minimal Configuration
        • Zero-Config Approach
        • Environment Variable Only
        • Minimal Config File Examples
        • What Gets Enabled by Default
        • Targeted Instrumentation
        • Enabling Additional Features
        • Next Steps
      • Full Configuration Reference
        • Configuration File Locations
        • Core Configuration
        • Common Exporter Pipeline
        • OTLP Export Configuration
        • Agent Configuration
        • Collector Configuration
        • Queue Configuration
        • Retry Configuration
        • Self-Telemetry
        • Cloud Configuration
        • Signal Metadata
        • Next Steps
      • Agent Mode Configuration
        • Overview
        • When to Use Agent Mode
        • Minimal Agent Configuration
        • eBPF Configuration
        • Network Tracing
        • Syscall Tracing
        • Process Discovery
        • Continuous Profiling
        • Security Monitoring
        • Log Collection
        • GPU Monitoring
        • Resource Limits
        • Kubernetes-Specific
        • Example: High-Security Environment
        • Example: Performance-Optimized
        • Next Steps
      • Collector Mode Configuration
        • Overview
        • When to Use Collector Mode
        • Minimal Collector Configuration
        • SNMP Collection
        • SNMP Trap Receiver
        • SNMP Discovery
        • Storage Array Monitoring
        • Network Infrastructure APIs
        • Hybrid Mode
        • Resource Configuration
        • Example: Data Center Infrastructure
        • Next Steps
      • Environment Variables
        • Overview
        • Naming Convention
        • Core Variables
        • OTLP Export Variables
        • Agent Variables
        • Collector Variables
        • Cloud Variables
        • Self-Telemetry Variables
        • Queue Variables
        • Backoff Variables
        • Usage Examples
        • Precedence
        • Secret Substitution
        • Next Steps

Features

  • Features
    • Overview
    • Feature Categories
      • Core Observability
        • Auto-Discovery
        • Distributed Tracing
        • Log Collection & Trace Enrichment
        • Continuous Profiling
      • Security & Network
        • Security Observability
        • Network Observability
      • Infrastructure
        • Database Tracing
        • SNMP Receiver
        • Storage Adapters
      • Specialized
        • AI/ML Observability
        • Node Exporter Fusion
    • Feature Matrix

Integrations

  • Integrations
    • Overview
    • Topics
      • OpenTelemetry Collector Integration
        • Overview
        • Basic Setup
        • Deployment Patterns
        • Collector Processing
        • Multi-Tenant Setup
        • Load Balancing
        • High Availability
        • Security
        • Profiles (OTLP Profiles)
        • Example: Complete Production Setup
        • Next Steps
      • Backend Integrations
        • Overview
        • Grafana Cloud
        • Jaeger
        • Prometheus
        • Datadog
        • New Relic
        • Elastic APM
        • Splunk
        • Honeycomb
        • Lightstep (ServiceNow)
        • Azure Monitor
        • AWS X-Ray
        • Google Cloud Trace
        • Tempo (Grafana)
        • Mimir (Grafana Metrics)
        • Loki (Grafana Logs)
        • Pyroscope (Profiles)
        • Multi-Backend Fan-Out
        • Backend Selection Guide
        • Next Steps
    • Supported Backends
    • Quick Links

Operations

  • Operations
    • Overview
    • Topics
      • Monitoring Telegen
        • Self-Telemetry
        • Key Metrics
        • Health Checks
        • Prometheus Scraping
        • Dashboard
        • Alerting
        • Logging
        • Status Commands
        • Tracing Telegen
        • Next Steps
      • Troubleshooting
        • Quick Diagnostics
        • Common Issues
        • Debug Mode
        • Getting Help
        • Next Steps
      • Upgrading Telegen
        • Version Compatibility
        • Pre-Upgrade Checklist
        • Kubernetes Upgrade
        • Docker Upgrade
        • Linux Package Upgrade
        • Configuration Migration
        • Zero-Downtime Upgrade
        • Post-Upgrade Verification
        • Troubleshooting Upgrades
        • Version-Specific Notes
        • Next Steps
      • Performance Tuning
        • Resource Guidelines
        • Ring Buffer Tuning
        • CPU Optimization
        • Memory Optimization
        • Network/Export Optimization
        • Sampling
        • Per-Feature Tuning
        • High-Volume Environments
        • Low-Resource Environments
        • Monitoring Performance
        • Benchmarking
        • Best Practices Summary
        • Next Steps
    • Quick Links

Reference

  • Reference
    • Overview
    • Topics
      • Metrics Reference
        • Self-Telemetry Metrics
        • Node Metrics (node_exporter Compatible)
        • GPU Metrics
        • LLM Inference Metrics
        • Network Flow Metrics
        • Database Metrics
        • Connection Statistics Metrics
        • Kafka Consumer Group Metrics
        • SNMP Metrics
        • Storage Array Metrics
        • Security Metrics
        • Kubernetes Metrics
        • Metric Labels
        • Metric Naming Conventions
        • Next Steps
      • Telegen Signals Reference
        • Table of Contents
        • eBPF Application Metrics
        • eBPF Application Traces
        • Network Flow Metrics
        • Service Graph Metrics
        • Span Metrics
        • Profiler Metrics
        • Node Exporter Metrics
        • Kubernetes State Metrics
        • GPU / AI-ML Metrics
        • DNS Metrics
        • Self-Telemetry Metrics
        • Sentiment Value Reference
        • Next Steps
      • Semantic Conventions
        • Overview
        • Resource Attributes
        • HTTP Span Attributes
        • gRPC Span Attributes
        • Database Span Attributes
        • Messaging Span Attributes
        • Network Attributes
        • Exception Attributes
        • Span Status
        • Span Kind
        • Metric Semantic Conventions
        • Log Semantic Conventions
        • Telegen-Specific Attributes
        • Best Practices
        • Next Steps
      • CLI Reference
        • Synopsis
        • Global Flags
        • Commands
        • Environment Variables
        • Exit Codes
        • Signal Handling
        • Debugging
        • Examples
        • Next Steps
      • API Reference
        • Overview
        • Health Endpoints
        • Metrics Endpoint
        • Status Endpoints
        • Configuration Endpoint
        • Debug Endpoints
        • Admin Endpoints
        • Authentication
        • Rate Limiting
        • CORS
        • Error Responses
        • API Versioning
        • OpenAPI Specification
        • Next Steps
    • Quick Links
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