Extensions

Add capability to the Bindplane Agent with OTel extensions

What are Extensions?

Extensions are components in a Configuration that add capabilities to the Agent. They use OpenTelemetry extensions under the hood. A common use case for extensions could be to configure a local server to return the Agent's healthy status.

Managing Extensions

Extensions are configured on a per Configuration basis. To view, edit, or modify extensions for a Configuration, select the Advanced Configuration icon on the bottom right-hand side of the Topology Graph on any Configuration detail page. From the opened menu select "Manage Extensions" and the Extension Editor will be brought up.

Extensions Available for Bindplane

Extension	Description
Custom	Configure any supported OpenTelemetry extension by name
File Storage	Persist queue and stateful-processor data to disk so it survives collector restarts
Go Performance Profiler	Expose a Go pprof profiling endpoint for debugging collector CPU and memory behavior
Health Check	Expose an HTTP endpoint that reports the collector's health status
Redis Storage	Persist queue and stateful-processor data to Redis so it survives collector restarts