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Update docs/resource/README.md
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Co-authored-by: Juraci Paixão Kröhling <juraci.github@kroehling.de>
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tigrannajaryan and jpkrohling committed Feb 22, 2024
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It's not recommended for a Collector to set `service.instance.id` if it can't unambiguously determine the
service instance that is generating that telemetry. For instance, creating an UUID based on `pod.name` will
likely be wrong, as the Collector likely doesn't know whether there are multiple containers within that pod.
likely be wrong, as the Collector might not know from which container within that pod the telemetry originated.
However, Collectors can set the `service.instance.id` if they can unambiguously determine the service instance
for that telemetry. This is typically the case for scraping receivers, as they know the target address and
port.
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