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Is it possible to rename Dynatrace OTel collector with a Windows host name

kamodgautam — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:58:05 GMT

I have a Dynatrace OTel collector installed on a Windows VM and have enabled OTel collector self-health check. However in the out of the box OTel dashboard, I see the service name as dynatrace-otel-collector even if they are installed in separate VMs. Is it possible to rename the service name to reflect the hostname so we can distinguish the data based on hostnames?

Re: is it possible to rename dynatrace otel collector with a windows host name

t_pawlak — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:53:59 GMT

Hi,
You can try updating your otel-collector-config.yaml and add a resource processor to override service.name with the host name:

processors: resource: attributes: - key: service.name from_attribute: host.name action: upsert

Make sure the processor is used in the pipeline:

service: pipelines: metrics: receivers: [otlp] processors: [resource] exporters: [otlphttp]

Alternatively, you can set the service name manually per VM, for example:

processors: resource: attributes: - key: service.name value: dynatrace-otel-collector-${HOSTNAME} action: upsert

Re: is it possible to rename dynatrace otel collector with a windows host name

kamodgautam — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:59:48 GMT

I did give that config a shot but it doesn't seem to work.