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Add video, prerequisite section to OpenTelemetry tutorial (#183)
* Add prerequisites to OTel tutorial Signed-off-by: Hannah Troisi <htroisi@pixielabs.ai> * tweak Signed-off-by: Hannah Troisi <htroisi@pixielabs.ai> * Add video link. Signed-off-by: Hannah Troisi <htroisi@pixielabs.ai> * Change youtube link Signed-off-by: Hannah Troisi <htroisi@pixielabs.ai>
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to export Pixie data in the OpenTelemetry (OTel) format.
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This tutorial will demonstrate how to use the OpenTelemetry plugin for Pixie.
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To do this, we will take the following steps:
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To export Pixie data in the OpenTelemetry (OTel) format, we will:
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1. Deploy an OTel collector to our cluster.
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2. Write a PxL script that uses the [OTel methods](/reference/pxl/otel-export/) to transformation Pixie DataFrames into OTel data.
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3. Setup the Pixie [Plugin System](/reference/plugins/plugin-system/) to run the PxL script at regularly scheduled intervals.
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<YouTube youTubeId="kdcNjlmsxV4"/>
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Note that [Pixie's API](/using-pixie/api-quick-start/) can also be used to run the PxL scripts developed in Step 2, however this tutorial will cover the Plugin System only.
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## Prerequisites
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1. You will need a Kubernetes cluster. If you don’t already have one, you can create a minikube cluster following the directions [here](/installing-pixie/setting-up-k8s/minikube-setup/).
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2. You will need to install Pixie on your cluster using one of our [install guides](/installing-pixie/install-guides/).
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## Deploy the OTel Collector
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If you don't already have an OTel collector set up, you can follow the directions to deploy our demo collector [here](https://github.com/pixie-io/pixie-demos/tree/main/otel-collector).

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