clickstack-otel-collector

Send collector telemetry to ClickStack and see it arrive.

observability setup

What it does

Connects an OpenTelemetry collector to Managed ClickStack, sends synthetic telemetry, and verifies that the data appears.

When to use it

Use when connecting a new or existing OpenTelemetry collector to Managed ClickStack on ClickHouse Cloud.

Give it a ClickHouse Cloud service identifier; it asks which collector path to use, configures ingestion, and verifies telemetry.

What you provide

This skill

ClickHouse Cloud service

Write

Changes your ClickHouse Cloud service (irreversible)

$HOME/clickstack-otel-collector/

Write

Stores secrets in local files (irreversible)

clickstack-otel-collector container

Write

Deletes the existing collector container (irreversible)

clickhousectl

Execute

Installs clickhousectl from a remote script

cannot be undone: ClickHouse Cloud service; $HOME/clickstack-otel-collector/; clickstack-otel-collector container
acts without asking
may misreport its own work

Requires a target Managed ClickStack service running on ClickHouse Cloud.

Requires ClickHouse Cloud access that can create an Admin API key.

Requires jq to parse JSON returned by clickhousectl.

Requires openssl to generate secrets and hash the SQL password.