Overview
The Telflo editor: palette, canvas, configuration panel, and toolbar.
The editor is where you build OpenTelemetry Collector configurations. Open it by creating or opening a configuration from the configurations list.
Layout
The editor has the following areas.
| Area | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Component palette | Left | Browse and drag components onto the canvas. |
| Canvas | Center | Place, connect, and arrange components into pipelines. |
| Configuration panel | Right, when a node is selected | Edit the selected component's settings. |
| Toolbar | Top | Configuration name, collector version, version controls, save, share, and export. |
| Tabs | Within the editor | Switch between the canvas, YAML, AI, and Testing. |
The AI and Testing tabs appear only when those features are enabled for your account. See AI access and Testing.
Toolbar
The toolbar runs along the top of the editor.
- Configuration name. Select the name to rename the configuration inline.
- Unsaved changes indicator. Shown when the configuration has edits that are not yet saved to a version.
- Collector version. Select the OpenTelemetry Collector version the configuration targets.
- Version controls. Switch between versions, and publish or copy a version.
- Undo, redo, duplicate, delete. Act on the canvas and the current selection.
- Save. Record a version.
- Make public and share. Generate a public-editor link for the current version.
- Download YAML. Save the generated configuration as
config.yaml. - Clear canvas. Remove all components from the canvas.
Build a configuration
- Drag components from the palette onto the canvas. See Components.
- Connect them into pipelines. See Canvas & pipelines.
- Configure each component in the configuration panel. See Configuring components.
- Review the generated YAML, or edit it directly. See YAML editor.
- Resolve any issues reported by validation. See Validation.
- Save and publish a version. See Versions & publishing.