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- You can configure the Collector to suit your observability needs. Before you
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- learn how Collector configuration works, familiarize yourself with the following
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+ You can configure the OpenTelemetry Collector to suit your observability needs.
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+ Before you learn how Collector configuration works, familiarize yourself with
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+ the following content:
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- - [ Data collection concepts] [ dcc ] in order to understand the repositories
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- applicable to the OpenTelemetry Collector.
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+ - [ Data collection concepts] [ dcc ] , to understand the repositories applicable to
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+ the OpenTelemetry Collector.
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- [ Security guidance] ( https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/security-best-practices.md )
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+ ## Location of the configuration {#location}
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+ By default, the Collector configuration is located in
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+ ` /etc/otelcol/config.yaml ` .
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+ To use a different configuration file, use the ` --config ` option. For example:
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+ ``` shell
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+ $ otelcol --config=customconfig.yaml
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+ ```
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## Configuration structure {#basics}
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The structure of any Collector configuration file consists of four classes of
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