# cSpell:ignore resourcedetectionprocessor
title: Resource Detection Processor
registryType: processor
language: collector
tags:
  - go
  - processor
  - collector
license: Apache 2.0
description:
  The Resource Detection Processor for the OpenTelemetry Collector can be used
  to detect resource information from the host, in a format that conforms to the
  OpenTelemetry resource semantic conventions, and append or override the
  resource value in telemetry data with this information.
authors:
  - name: OpenTelemetry Authors
urls:
  repo: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor
createdAt: 2021-02-24
package:
  registry: go-collector
  name: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor
  version: v0.103.0
