EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 1H 3M
Operating OpenTelemetry at Scale with OpAMP - OpenObservability Talks S6E09
from OpenObservability Talks · host Dotan Horovits
As more organizations move to use OpenTelemetry in production at scale, with multiple Collectors across heterogeneous environments, a new challenge arises: how to remotely manage, configure, and update this agent fleet in a consistent and secure way?This is where Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP) comes into the picture: it provides a standardized protocol that lets a central backend automatically configure agents, push updates, monitor their health, and collect status information. In this episode Horovits hosts Andy Keller, OpAMP Maintainer and Principal Engineer at Bindplane, to discuss how OpAMP makes large-scale observability deployments much easier to operate and control. Andy shares the project status, including hot KubeCon update you don’t want to miss.You can read the recap post: https://medium.com/p/737b6af8222b/Show Notes:00:00 - intro02:01 - why OpAMP mission statement04:29 - types of OpenTelemetry Collector fleet deployments06:49 - from configuration management to observability 10:23 - OpAMP for Kubernetes 15:58 - OpAMP protocol and components26:54 - OpAMP for remote management of OTel Java SDK and other agents 33:38 - server implementations for OpAMP36:33 - adopter vendors and end-users 39:14 - project maturity42:59 - protocol vs. product47:55 - OpAMP Gateway launch 51:10 - Scale of OTel Collector deployments54:56 - OpAMP roadmap59:12 - where to follow the project and Andy1:02:34 - outroResources:OpAMP specification: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/opamp/ OpAMP for OpenTelemetry Collector: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/cmd/opampsupervisor/specification/README.md Nike talk at KubeCon on using OpAMP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68ThM9DqQ0 OpAMP Gateway Extension - launch blog: https://bindplane.com/blog/opamp-for-opentelemetry-managing-collector-fleets-and-introducing-the-new-opamp-gateway-extension Socials:Dotan Horovits============X (Twitter): @horovitsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/horovitsMastodon: @horovits@fosstodonBlueSky: @horovits.bsky.socialAndy Keller==========X (Twitter): @andykellrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjkeller/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/openobservability.bsky.socialX (Twitter): https://x.com/OpenObservLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openobservability/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@openobservabilitytalksOpenObservability Talks episodes are released monthly, on the last Thursday of each month and are available for listening on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube.
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As more organizations move to use OpenTelemetry in production at scale, with multiple Collectors across heterogeneous environments, a new challenge arises: how to remotely manage, configure, and update this agent fleet in a consistent and secure way?This is where Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP) comes into the picture: it provides a standardized protocol that lets a central backend automatically configure agents, push updates, monitor their health, and collect status information. In this episode Horovits hosts Andy Keller, OpAMP Maintainer and Principal Engineer at Bindplane, to discuss how OpAMP makes large-scale observability deployments much easier to operate and control. Andy shares the project status, including hot KubeCon update you don’t want to miss.You can read the recap post: https://medium.com/p/737b6af8222b/Show Notes:00:00 - intro02:01 - why OpAMP mission statement04:29 - types of OpenTelemetry Collector fleet deployments06:49 - from configuration management to observability 10:23 - OpAMP for Kubernetes 15:58 - OpAMP protocol and components26:54 - OpAMP for remote management of OTel Java SDK and other agents 33:38 - server implementations for OpAMP36:33 - adopter vendors and end-users 39:14 - project maturity42:59 - protocol vs. product47:55 - OpAMP Gateway launch 51:10 - Scale of OTel Collector deployments54:56 - OpAMP roadmap59:12 - where to follow the project and Andy1:02:34 - outroResources:OpAMP specification: https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/opamp/ OpAMP for OpenTelemetry Collector: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/cmd/opampsupervisor/specification/README.md Nike talk at KubeCon on using OpAMP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68ThM9DqQ0 OpAMP Gateway Extension - launch blog: https://bindplane.com/blog/opamp-for-opentelemetry-managing-collector-fleets-and-introducing-the-new-opamp-gateway-extension Socials:Dotan Horovits============X (Twitter): @horovitsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/horovitsMastodon: @horovits@fosstodonBlueSky: @horovits.bsky.socialAndy Keller==========X (Twitter): @andykellrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjkeller/BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/openobservability.bsky.socialX (Twitter): https://x.com/OpenObservLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openobservability/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@openobservabilitytalksOpenObservability Talks episodes are released monthly, on the last Thursday of each month and are available for listening on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube.
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