This is release v1.6.0-rc.0 of Grafana Alloy.
Upgrading
Read the release notes for specific instructions on upgrading from older versions:
Notable changes:
Breaking changes
- Upgrade to OpenTelemetry Collector v0.116.0: otelcol.processor.tailsampling: Change decision precedence when using and_sub_policy and invert_match. For more information, see the release notes for Alloy 1.6.
Features
- Add otelcol.receiver.syslog component to receive otel logs in syslog format (@dehaansa)
- Add support for metrics in otelcol.exporter.loadbalancing (@madaraszg-tulip)
- Add add_cloudwatch_timestamp to prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch metrics. (@captncraig)
- Add support to prometheus.operator.servicemonitors to allow endpointslice role. (@yoyosir)
- Add otelcol.exporter.splunkhec allowing to export otel data to Splunk HEC (@adlotsof)
- Add otelcol.receiver.solace component to receive traces from a Solace broker. (@wildum)
- Add otelcol.exporter.syslog component to export logs in syslog format (@dehaansa)
- (Experimental) Add a database_observability.mysql component to collect mysql performance data. (@cristiangreco & @matthewnolf)
- Add otelcol.receiver.influxdb to convert influx metric into OTEL. (@EHSchmitt4395)
- Add a new /-/healthy endpoint which returns HTTP 500 if one or more components are unhealthy. (@ptodev)
Installation
Refer to our installation guide for how to install Grafana Alloy.