Build
Overview
A tour of 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 your configurations list.
Layout
The editor is organized into a few regions:
| Region | 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, export. |
| Views | Tabbed within the editor | Switch between the visual canvas, YAML, AI, and Testing. |
The AI and Testing tabs appear only when those features are enabled. AI is toggled in Settings → AI (see AI access).
The toolbar
The toolbar runs across the top of the editor:
- Configuration name — click it (or the pencil) to rename inline.
- Unsaved changes indicator — a yellow marker appears when you have edits that haven't been saved to a version.
- Collector version selector — choose which OpenTelemetry Collector version this configuration targets.
- Version select — switch versions, and Publish or Copy a version.
- Undo / Redo / Duplicate / Delete — act on the canvas and current selection.
- Save — record a version.
- Make public & share — generate a shareable public-editor link.
- Download YAML — save the generated config as
config.yaml. - Clear canvas — empty the canvas (with confirmation).
How building works
- Drag components from the palette onto the canvas — see Components.
- Connect them into pipelines by drawing edges — see Canvas & pipelines.
- Configure each component in the right-hand panel — see Configuring components.
- Review the YAML Telflo generates, or edit it directly — see YAML editor.
- Fix any issues flagged by validation — see Validation.
- Save and publish a version when you're happy — see Versions & publishing.