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XProtect Management Client

OpenTelemetry Collector service

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Version2026r1
LanguageEnglish

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The OpenTelemetry Collector is a required system component for Server Logs in the XProtect VMS 2026 R1 and later.

The OpenTelemetry Collector is installed together with XProtect VMS and runs as a separate service on the Management Server. It receives log data from XProtect server components and forwards it to the configured log processing service. By default, XProtect uses VictoriaLogs.

XProtect uses the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) within its logging infrastructure to transfer log data between components. 

If the OpenTelemetry Collector service is stopped or unavailable, log data cannot be processed.

To learn more, see the OpenTelemetry documentation.