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Deployment	Patterns you can apply to deploy the OpenTelemetry collector	3

The OpenTelemetry Collector consists of a single binary which you can use in different ways, for different use cases. This section describes deployment patterns, their use cases along with pros and cons and best practices for collector configurations for cross-environment and multi-backend deployments.

Resources

• KubeCon NA 2021 Talk on OpenTelemetry Collector Deployment Patterns
• Deployment Patterns accompanying the talk