Bindplane + ClickStack: Operating OpenTelemetry collectors at scale
Blog post from ClickHouse
ClickStack, a cloud-native observability stack, leverages ClickHouse for high-performance storage and querying of telemetry data, excelling in environments with large volumes and high cardinality. However, the operational challenges of managing extensive collector fleets at such scales are addressed by integrating Bindplane, an OpenTelemetry-native telemetry pipeline. Bindplane offers centralized management, simplifying the orchestration, configuration, and upgrading of collectors, and ensuring efficient data processing and transformation before it reaches ClickStack. This integration allows for seamless telemetry routing and enrichment, enhancing ClickStack's capabilities in log analytics, monitoring, and data analysis while reducing the operational complexity typically associated with scaling observability infrastructures. As a result, organizations can maintain enterprise-grade control over rapidly expanding workloads, making the combination of ClickStack and Bindplane a robust solution for managing large-scale observability challenges.