OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib Installer for Debian

This script installs the latest OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib on Debian-based systems using the official .deb package.

✅ Features

• Automatically detects architecture (amd64 / arm64)
• Ensures it's running on a Debian-based system
• Detects any otelcol process if already running
• Downloads the latest otelcol-contrib release from GitHub
• Installs and starts the otelcol-contrib systemd service
• Cleans up temporary files
• Provides helpful systemctl and uninstall instructions

⚙️ Requirements

• Debian-based system
• curl, jq, dpkg, systemctl
• sudo privileges

🧹 Uninstallation

To remove the OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib package from your system, run:

sudo systemctl disable --now otelcol-contrib
sudo apt remove otelcol-contrib