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Clarify collector exporter key format in docs (open-telemetry#5771)
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Co-authored-by: opentelemetrybot <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Severin Neumann <[email protected]>
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Expand Up @@ -415,10 +415,14 @@ Exporters send data to one or more backends or destinations. Exporters can be
pull or push based, and may support one or more
[data sources](/docs/concepts/signals/).

The `exporters` section contains exporters configuration. Most exporters require
configuration to specify at least the destination, as well as security settings,
like authentication tokens or TLS certificates. Any setting you specify
overrides the default values, if present.
Each key within the `exporters` section defines an exporter instance, The key
follows the `type/name` format, where `type` specifies the exporter type (e.g.,
`otlp`, `kafka`, `prometheus`), and `name` (optional) can be appended to provide
a unique name for multiple instance of the same type.

Most exporters require configuration to specify at least the destination, as
well as security settings, like authentication tokens or TLS certificates. Any
setting you specify overrides the default values, if present.

> Configuring an exporter does not enable it. Exporters are enabled by adding
> them to the appropriate pipelines within the [service](#service) section.
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