Destinations

Add destinations to the Odigos VM Agent so telemetry can be sent to your backends.

Enable the signals you want to export on each destination (TRACES, LOGS, PROFILES). The agent turns on collection for those signals automatically—for example, configuring LOGS starts log collection for instrumented sources.

There are two ways to add destinations to the Odigos VM Agent: use odictl or use YAML files.

odictl

1. Launch odictl

   odictl
   
2. Select the destination menu

   Use Tab to focus on the Destinations pane or press d, then press Enter or click + Add Destination with your mouse.

   
3. Select a destination

   Type the name of the destination in the search bar at the top, and/or press Tab and scroll through the list of destinations. Once your destination is highlighted, press Enter.

   
4. Configure destination

   Set each field according to your destination type. See Destinations for field details and requirements.

   

   Example of an OTLP http destination

   Fill in the required fields, then press Ctrl+S to save your destination.

5. Verify the destination

   Your destination appears in the Destinations section in odictl.

   

YAML

1. Navigate to the /etc/odigos-vmagent/destinations.d folder

   cd /etc/odigos-vmagent/destinations.d
   
2. Create destination YAML file

   Create a YAML file for your destination’s configuration using the editor of your choice. The example below uses vi.

   sudo vi example.yaml
   
3. Add the destination configuration

   Set each field according to your destination type. See Destinations for field details and requirements.

   For example:

   - name: otlphttp
     type: otlphttp
     config:
       OTLP_HTTP_COMPRESSION: none
       OTLP_HTTP_ENDPOINT: https://otlp-example.com
       OTLP_HTTP_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY: "false"
       OTLP_HTTP_OAUTH2_ENABLED: "false"
       OTLP_HTTP_TLS_ENABLED: "false"
     signals:
       - TRACES
       - LOGS
   

   The above is an example of an OTLP http destination.

   For continuous CPU profiling, add a Pyroscope destination with signals: [PROFILES]. See Export to Pyroscope.

   You can define multiple destinations in a single YAML file, and you can organize destinations across multiple YAML files.
4. Save the file

   :wq!
   
5. Verify the destination has been added successfully

   sudo journalctl -u odigos-vmagent | grep 'Destination signals configured'
   

   Mar 11 20:50:18 ip-10-0-1-51 odigos-vmagent[611]: time=2026-03-11T20:50:18.401Z level=INFO source=/go/src/github.com/keyval/odigos-vmagent/pkg/components/controller/destination/controller.go:177 msg="Destination signals configured" destination=otlphttp signals=[TRACES LOGS]