While OpenTelemetry (OTel) is here to help you with troubleshooting and handling the “unknown unknowns”, it is also instrumental for managing route tasks like monitoring system metrics, like disk usage, server availability or SSL certificate expiration dates. This can be achieved by utilizing any one of the 90+ receivers available for the OpenTelemetry Collector, such as the Host Metrics Receiver or the HTTP Check Receiver. But what if the available receivers don’t meet your specific ne...