# OpenTelemetry with Kubernetes

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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[Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) is an open source system for automated
deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It has become
a widely-adopted, industry tool, leading to an increased need for observability
tooling. In response, OpenTelemetry has created many different tools to help
Kubernetes users observe their clusters and services.

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Section pages:

- [Getting Started](/ro/docs/platforms/kubernetes/getting-started/)
- [OpenTelemetry Collector and Kubernetes](/ro/docs/platforms/kubernetes/collector/)
- [OpenTelemetry Helm Charts](/ro/docs/platforms/kubernetes/helm/)
- [OpenTelemetry Operator for Kubernetes](/ro/docs/platforms/kubernetes/operator/): An implementation of a Kubernetes Operator, that manages collectors and auto-instrumentation of the workload using OpenTelemetry instrumentation libraries.