When you roll out @opentelemetry Collector in a large scale #observability setup, it's a matter of time until you hit a few bumps.
One of these bumps is the #OpenTelemetry Collector's default listener for internal metrics. When a server already uses this listener port, there's obviously a port conflict and the collector won't start.
More technical details and a #Systemd service workaround in my latest #blog post.
Claudio Kuenzler · OpenTelemetry Collector error: failed to create SDK bind: address already in use
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