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collector: update internal logs config to include OTLP export #5702

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26 changes: 24 additions & 2 deletions content/en/docs/collector/internal-telemetry.md
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The following configuration can be used to emit internal logs from the Collector
to an OTLP/gRPC backend:

```yaml
service:
telemetry:
logs:
processors:
- batch:
exporter:
otlp:
protocol: grpc/protobuf
endpoint: https://backend:4317
```

### Configure internal traces

The Collector does not expose traces by default, but it can be configured to.
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The Collector can be configured to push its own telemetry to an
[OTLP receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/receiver/otlpreceiver)
and send the data through configured pipelines. In the following example, the
Collector is configured to push metrics and traces every 10s using OTLP gRPC to
`localhost:14317`:
Collector is configured to push metrics, traces, and logs every 10s using OTLP
gRPC to `localhost:14317`:

```yaml
receivers:
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otlp:
protocol: grpc/protobuf
endpoint: http://localhost:14317
logs:
processors:
- batch:
exporter:
otlp:
protocol: grpc/protobuf
endpoint: http://localhost:14317
```

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