title: Host Observer Collector Extension
registryType: extension
isThirdParty: false
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - extension
  - collector
repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/extension/observer/
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  Observers are implemented as an extension to discover networked endpoints like
  a Kubernetes pod, Docker container, or local listening port. Currently
  available are observers for docker, ecs, ecs_task, host and K8s.
authors: OpenTelemetry Authors
otVersion: latest
