Managed OpenTelemetry for GKE is available in Preview for clusters running version 1.34.1-gke.2178000 or later.

Managed OpenTelemetry for GKE is available in Preview for clusters running version 1.34.1-gke.2178000 or later. Managed OpenTelemetry for GKE provides a fully managed and simplified experience for collecting OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) traces, metrics, and logs on GKE. This feature includes the following characteristics:

• Managed collection: an in-cluster OTLP endpoint that automatically routes telemetry to the Cloud Telemetry API. • Automatic configuration: a new Instrumentation custom resource that automatically injects environment variables into your workloads to simplify OTLP ingestion.

For more information, see Managed OpenTelemetry for GKE.