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Signed-off-by: Alexander Wert <alexander.wert@elastic.co>
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- the [Elastic Distributions of OpenTelemetry](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/opentelemetry/quickstart/)
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- or using the vanilla / upstream OpenTelemetry Collector
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Compatible `hostmetrics` receiver versions are all versions `>= v0.102.0`.
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For full functionality of the dashboards included in this content pack, you will need to ensure the following metrics are enabled in the [`hostmetrics` receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver):
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| Metric | Enabled by default in EDOT Collector | Enabled by default in upstream Contrib Collector |
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- For your use case the missing data is not relevant (e.g. you are only running plain, local VMs, no `Cloud` metadata will be available)
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- You are using the OpenTelemetry upstream Contrib Collector (or any other, non-EDOT Collector) and some of the above-mentioned requirements are not met
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See also:
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- [Scraper limitations](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/v0.129.0/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver#host-metrics-receiver) with the `hostmetrics` receiver for certain systems
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- [Related EDOT Collector limitations](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/opentelemetry/compatibility/limitations#infrastructure-and-host-metrics) for host metrics

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