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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Trivial
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    • Affects Version/s: 8.0.0rc1
    • Component/s: None
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      Problem:
      Agent and agent 2 can only deliver data to Zabbix server/proxy via the Zabbix
      protocol. In mixed observability stacks (Dynatrace, OTel Collector, Elastic, Grafana/Mimir,
      etc.) this forces a second agent (Elastic Agent, OTel Collector, Telegraf) on
      the same host, duplicating collection, configuration and resource usage.

      Proposal:
      Add an optional OTLP exporter to agent and agent 2, working alongside (not
      instead of) the Zabbix protocol, similar to how Elastic Agent ships data to
      OTel-compatible backends.

      Requirements(approximately):

      1. Transport: OTLP/gRPC and OTLP/HTTP (protobuf), TLS/mTLS, custom headers
        for auth tokens.
      2. Signals: numeric items -> OTLP metrics; log/logrt/eventlog items -> OTLP logs.
      3. Mapping per OTel semantic conventions: host -> resource attributes
        (host.name etc.), item key -> metric name, units preserved, item tags ->
        attributes.
      4. Routing: per item or per host choose destination - Zabbix, OTLP, or both.
      5. Data source: active check items from server/proxy; optionally a local
        static item list for standalone operation.
      6. Reliability: reuse existing buffering (incl. agent 2 persistent buffer)
        with retry/backoff.
      7. Config parameters, e.g. OTLPEndpoint, OTLPProtocol=grpc|http,
        OTLPHeaders, OTLPTLS*.

      Benefits:

      • One agent per host instead of two
      • Zabbix templates and agent 2 plugins become reusable in OTel pipelines.
      • Easier coexistence with and migration between observability platforms.
      • Vendor-neutral data delivery.

      Note:
      Agent 2 could be implemented first, as the official OpenTelemetry Go SDK
      is available.

            Assignee:
            Unassigned
            Reporter:
            Edgar Akhmetshin
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