Monitoring

Supermetal provides real-time monitoring of its replication processes, offering deep insights into health and performance. All metrics and logs are recorded using the OpenTelemetry (OTEL) vendor-neutral standard.

OTEL ensures that you can seamlessly integrate Supermetal's observability data with your preferred monitoring and logging tools, such as Datadog, Splunk, or any other OTEL-compatible platform. Key observability features include:

• Comprehensive Metrics: Detailed metrics covering data throughput, latency, resource utilization, and operational events.
• Structured Logging: Rich, structured logs that provide context for events and errors, facilitating easier debugging and analysis.

Export

You can configure the agent to send this telemetry data to your preferred OTLP-compatible backend. The method for configuring the OTLP exporter endpoint varies depending on your Supermetal deployment model.

Local / Self-Hosted

When running the Supermetal agent locally, you can configure the OTLP exporter endpoint and other parameters using standard OpenTelemetry environment variables. Key variables include:

• OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: Specifies the target URL for the OTLP collector (e.g., http://localhost:4317 for gRPC or http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics for HTTP/protobuf metrics).
• OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS: Allows you to specify headers, such as authentication tokens (e.g., Authorization=Bearer <your-token>).

For detailed information on OTLP exporter configuration, refer to the official OpenTelemetry SDK configuration documentation.

Set these environment variables in the environment where your Supermetal agent is running.

BYOC / Hybrid

For deployments managed by the Supermetal Control Plane, including Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), the configuration of OTLP exporter endpoints for your agents is managed centrally through the Supermetal Console.

Navigate to settings within the Supermetal Console to specify the OTLP endpoint URL and any necessary authentication headers for your chosen monitoring backend. The Control Plane will then start propagating telemetry data to your environment.