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# How to ingest Managed Service for Kubernetes® logs with OpenTelemetry Collector

To ingest your Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster logs into Observability, install the [OpenTelemetry Collector](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector) and create a ConfigMap with its settings.

## Prerequisites

1. [Install](/cli/install) and [configure](/cli/configure) Nebius AI Cloud CLI.

2. If you don’t have a service account for observability services, [create one](/iam/service-accounts/manage).

3. Make sure that the service account is in a [group](/iam/authorization/groups) that has at least the `editor` role within your tenant; for example, the default `editors` group. You can check this in the [Administration → IAM](https://console.nebius.com/iam/service-accounts) section of the web console.

   If the service account is not in the required group, click <Icon icon="https://mintcdn.com/nebius-ai-cloud/1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS/_assets/button-vellipsis.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=1Ha0sWR6e1mnIaHS&q=85&s=e80b8e57c43bfd117679262e6a1334ad" width="12" height="24" data-path="_assets/button-vellipsis.svg" /> → **Add to group**, and select `editors`.

4. Issue a [static key](/iam/authorization/static-keys) for the service account using the following command:

   ```bash theme={null}
   nebius iam static-key issue \
     --name <name_for_the_key> \
     --account-service-account-id <service_account_ID> \
     --service observability
   ```

   Copy the value of the static key from the `token` parameter of the response. You will need it later in the configuration steps.

## Install and configure OpenTelemetry Collector

1. [Connect to your Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster](../../../kubernetes/connect).

2. Create a namespace for the observability components:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl create namespace observability
   ```

3. Create a Kubernetes Secret for your token:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl create secret generic nebius-o11y-token \
     --from-literal token=<token_value> --namespace observability
   ```

   In this command, specify the `token` value of the static key that you [got earlier](#prerequisites).

4. Create a ConfigMap with the Nebius AI Cloud Collector settings:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl create configmap nebius-otel-config \
     --from-literal=project-id=<project_ID> \
     --from-literal=endpoint=write.logging.<region_ID>.nebius.cloud:443 \
     --namespace observability
   ```

   In this command, specify your region ID from the [region list](../../../overview/regions), and your [project ID](/iam/manage-projects#how-to-get-a-project-id).

5. Install and update the OpenTelemetry repository with Helm charts:

   ```bash theme={null}
   helm repo add open-telemetry https://open-telemetry.github.io/opentelemetry-helm-charts
   helm repo update
   ```

6. Install the [opentelemetry-collector](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-helm-charts/tree/main/charts/opentelemetry-collector) chart:

   ```bash theme={null}
   helm install otel-collector open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector 
     --namespace observability
     --values https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nebius/observability/8f4913657058cbc81b3b4630a48b3641e642c910/charts/otel-collector/values/values-daemonset.yaml
   ```

7. Check the installation:

   ```bash theme={null}
   kubectl get pods --namespace observability
   ```

Now, OpenTelemetry Collector writes logs from your Managed Service for Kubernetes cluster to Observability. Logs appear in the `default` bucket.

<Tip>
  [Connect Grafana®](../grafana) to view ingested logs within it.
</Tip>

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