# Internal Telemetry

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**NOTE**

[📗 Configure the global telemetry port for a Bindplane Server (Self-Hosted), here.](/configuration/bindplane/collector-telemetry-port.md)
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Starting with Bindplane Server v1.90.1, you can configure the telemetry port on a per-configuration basis using the Advanced Configuration settings. This allows different configurations to use different telemetry ports.

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**IMPORTANT**

You can assign the port per configuration but not per agent. Hosts that cannot use the default port\
`8888` will need to be added to a configuration with a different port configured.
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**NOTE**

See the [May 9, 2025 release notes](https://docs.bindplane.com/changelog/may-2025/2025-05-09-release#new-features) for more information.
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## OpenTelemetry Internal Telemetry

Bindplane uses OpenTelemetry's internal telemetry configuration. For more details about the\
upstream OpenTelemetry telemetry implementation, see the [OpenTelemetry Internal Telemetry documentation](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/internal-telemetry/).

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**NOTE**

The upstream OpenTelemetry schema had a breaking change regarding telemetry configuration.

Some time ago, `service.telemetry.metrics.address` was deprecated in favor of\
`service.telemetry.metrics.readers`. BDOT agents v1.74.1 to v1.82.0 support both schemas.\
Depending on the version of Bindplane you are using, the generated configuration may use different\
field names.
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