docs(otel): add contrib collector to self-managed Elastic guide#7032
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| - name: ELASTIC_AGENT_OTEL | ||
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That flag is documented for Fleet-managed Elastic Agent to toggle OTel mode. To be confirmed if it is also necessary for standalone (or if something else should be set).
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| export ELASTIC_API_KEY=your-encoded-api-key | ||
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I based the gateway.yml on: elastic-agent/internal/edot/samples/linux/gateway.yml
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| elastic-agent otel --config gateway.yml | ||
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Removes the "Deploy on k8s" section from the bare-metal guide and replaces it with a Next steps link to the upcoming kubernetes.md page. Keeps the bare-metal guide self-contained so it can merge independently. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Closes #6972
Adds a how-to guide for forwarding telemetry from an upstream contrib OpenTelemetry Collector to a self-managed Elastic Stack using an EDOT Collector gateway:
contrib otelcol-contrib → EDOT Collector (gateway mode) → Elasticsearch
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