Intel GPUs

The collector monitors Intel GPUs via the Linux kernel’s sysfs, hwmon, and DRM interfaces exposed by the i915 and Xe drivers. No Intel GPU tools, no OneAPI, and no user-space libraries are required.

Intel GPU support provides thermal, power, energy, and clock metrics. Utilization and memory metrics are not available via the sysfs/hwmon interface - these would require the Intel XPU Manager or similar tooling.

Requirements

Linux with the i915 or xe kernel driver
Kernel 5.10+ for sysfs metric exposure
Kernel 6.16+ for fan speed (fan1_input)

Collected metrics

Metric	Source	Requirement
`hw.gpu.temperature`	hwmon `temp1_input`	kernel 5.10+
`hw.gpu.power.draw`	hwmon `power1_average`	kernel 5.10+
`hw.gpu.power.limit`	hwmon `power1_max`	kernel 5.10+
`hw.gpu.energy.consumed`	hwmon `energy1_input`	kernel 5.10+
`hw.gpu.clock.graphics`	DRM `gt_cur_freq_mhz`	Xe driver
`hw.gpu.fan_speed`	hwmon `fan1_input`	kernel 6.16+

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name otel-gpu-collector \
  --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri \
  --pid=host \
  -e OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=my-app \
  -e OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES='deployment.environment=production' \
  -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://otel-collector:4318 \
  ghcr.io/openlit/otel-gpu-collector:latest

--pid=host is required for per-process GPU attribution (cmdline, PID, zombie state).

Docker Compose

services:
  otel-gpu-collector:
    image: ghcr.io/openlit/otel-gpu-collector:latest
    pid: host
    environment:
      OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: my-app
      OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: deployment.environment=production
      OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: http://otel-collector:4318
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
    restart: always

Kubernetes (DaemonSet)

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: otel-gpu-collector
  namespace: monitoring
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: otel-gpu-collector
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: otel-gpu-collector
    spec:
      hostPID: true
      containers:
        - name: collector
          image: ghcr.io/openlit/otel-gpu-collector:latest
          env:
            - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
              value: gpu-collector
            - name: OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES
              value: deployment.environment=production
            - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
              value: http://otel-collector.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:4318
          securityContext:
            privileged: false
          volumeMounts:
            - name: sys
              mountPath: /sys
              readOnly: true
            - name: dri
              mountPath: /dev/dri
      volumes:
        - name: sys
          hostPath:
            path: /sys
        - name: dri
          hostPath:
            path: /dev/dri

Docker --pid=host (or Kubernetes hostPID: true) and /dev/dri are required for per-process GPU attribution via DRM fdinfo.

Metrics reference

Full metrics list with types, units, and attributes

Configuration

All environment variables and defaults

Getting Started

Core Features

Integrations

Destinations

Requirements

Collected metrics

Docker

Docker Compose

Kubernetes (DaemonSet)

Metrics reference

Configuration

​Requirements

​Collected metrics

​Docker

​Docker Compose

​Kubernetes (DaemonSet)

Metrics reference

Configuration

Requirements

Collected metrics

Docker

Docker Compose

Kubernetes (DaemonSet)