Why OpenTelemetry Helm Splits into 3 Releases: Agent, Cluster, Gateway Architecture Explained
This article explains why OpenTelemetry Helm charts now recommend deploying Collector as three separate releases—otel-agent (DaemonSet for node metrics), otel-cluster (singleton Deployment for cluster metrics), and otel-gateway (scalable Deployment for trace ingestion)—detailing Presets simplification, lifecycle isolation, failure domains, and when to consolidate to two releases.
