# Collector Management

- [Bring Your Own Collector](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/bring-your-own-collector.md)
- [Build and Connect Custom OpenTelemetry Collector Distributions](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/bring-your-own-collector/using-an-opentelemetry-distribution-with-bindplane.md): This guide will walk you through the process of creating a custom OpenTelemetry distribution and how to use it with Bindplane.
- [Connect OpenTelemetry Collectors Using the OpAMP Extension](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/bring-your-own-collector/connecting-other-opentelemetry-collectors-using-the-opamp-extension.md)
- [Connect OpenTelemetry Collectors Using the OpAMP Supervisor](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/bring-your-own-collector/connect-opentelemetry-collectors-using-the-opamp-supervisor.md)
- [Migrating an Existing OpenTelemetry Collector to Bindplane Management](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/bring-your-own-collector/migrating-an-existing-opentelemetry-collector-to-bindplane-management.md): This guide describes how to migrate an existing OpenTelemetry Collector deployment to be managed by the OpAMP Supervisor and connected to Bindplane.
- [Deploy a Bindplane Gateway](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/deploy-bindplane-gateway.md)
- [Downgrade Collector Privileges](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/downgrade-collector-privileges.md)
- [Golden Images and Ephemeral Collectors](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/golden-images-and-ephemeral-collectors.md): This document will guide the reader through creating golden images for systems such as Citrix XenDesktop. It will also explain how to use the ephemeral label.
- [Linux Username Migration Guide for Linux Collector v1.82](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/collector-linux-username-migration.md): Migrate from observiq-otel-collector user to bdot during collector v1.82 upgrade
- [Migrate from ghcr.io](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/migrate-from-ghcr.io.md)
- [Running Collectors in Parallel on Linux and Windows](https://docs.bindplane.com/how-to-guides/collector-management/running-collectors-in-parallel.md)


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