v1.6.0

V1.6.0 will pulled due to an issue with Beyla starting. v1.6.1 will be out Jan 23

This is release v1.6.0 of Grafana Alloy.

Upgrading

Read the release notes for specific instructions on upgrading from older versions:

Notable changes:

Breaking changes

• Upgrade to OpenTelemetry Collector v0.116.0: otelcol.processor.tailsampling: Change decision precedence when using and_sub_policy and invert_match. For more information, see the release notes for Alloy 1.6.

Features

• Add otelcol.receiver.syslog component to receive otel logs in syslog format (@dehaansa)
• Add support for metrics in otelcol.exporter.loadbalancing (@madaraszg-tulip)
• Add add_cloudwatch_timestamp to prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch metrics. (@captncraig)
• Add support to prometheus.operator.servicemonitors to allow endpointslice role. (@yoyosir)
• Add otelcol.exporter.splunkhec allowing to export otel data to Splunk HEC (@adlotsof)
• Add otelcol.receiver.solace component to receive traces from a Solace broker. (@wildum)
• Add otelcol.exporter.syslog component to export logs in syslog format (@dehaansa)
• (Experimental) Add a database_observability.mysql component to collect mysql performance data. (@cristiangreco & @matthewnolf)
• Add otelcol.receiver.influxdb to convert influx metric into OTEL. (@EHSchmitt4395)
• Add a new /-/healthy endpoint which returns HTTP 500 if one or more components are unhealthy. (@ptodev)

Installation

Refer to our installation guide for how to install Grafana Alloy.