From dbfd1b6207dd67ab5a618d94ff86c803e794afac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiffany76 <30397949+tiffany76@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 12:25:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove forwarding section --- content/en/docs/security/config-best-practices.md | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/docs/security/config-best-practices.md b/content/en/docs/security/config-best-practices.md index 692416ee604e..fe61d08121d1 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/security/config-best-practices.md +++ b/content/en/docs/security/config-best-practices.md @@ -175,13 +175,6 @@ are accessible only locally to the OpenTelemetry Collector. Take care to protect sensitive information when configuring these extensions for remote access, as they might expose it accidentally. -### Forwarding - -A forwarding extension is used when you need to collect telemetry that's not -natively supported by the Collector. For example, the `http_forwarder` extension -can receive and forward HTTP payloads. Forwarding extensions are similar to -receivers and exporters so the same security considerations apply. - ### Collector's internal telemetry