Quickstart

This quickstart takes you from an empty canvas to a valid, saved OpenTelemetry Collector configuration.

Just exploring? You can try the editor without an account in the public editor — but you'll need to sign in to save, test, or deploy your work.

1. Sign in

Open telflo.com and sign in (or create an account with your email and password). After signing in you land on your configurations list.

2. Create a configuration

Click New configuration to open the editor on a blank canvas. The editor has three things to know about:

• Component palette (left) — the components you can drag onto the canvas.
• Canvas (center) — where you build and connect your pipeline.
• Toolbar (top) — name, collector version, version controls, save, share, and export.

Rename the configuration by clicking its name in the toolbar.

3. Add a receiver

From the palette, drag an OTLP receiver onto the canvas. This is the entry point that accepts telemetry pushed from your instrumented applications.

4. Add an exporter

Drag in an exporter — a debug exporter (prints telemetry, handy while you learn) or an OTLP exporter (forwards telemetry to a backend). Exporters are the destinations for your data.

5. Connect them

Drag from the receiver's output handle to the exporter's input handle. As you wire components together, Telflo assembles them into a pipeline for the matching signal type (traces, metrics, or logs).

6. Review the generated YAML

Switch to the YAML view. Telflo has generated a valid Collector configuration that mirrors your canvas — receivers, exporters, and the service.pipelines block that links them. Edits in either view sync to the other.

7. Save a version

Click Save in the toolbar. Each save records a version you can return to later. You now have a configuration you can keep iterating on.

Next steps

• Build — the full editor: components, configuration, pipelines, and YAML.
• Testing — run sample telemetry through your config to confirm it behaves.
• Deployment — publish a version and push it to real collectors.