# addOpenTelemetryCollector

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.OpenTelemetryCollector](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.opentelemetrycollector.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds an OpenTelemetry Collector container resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addOpenTelemetryCollector(name: string, configureSettings?: (obj: OpenTelemetryCollectorSettings) => Promise<void>): OpenTelemetryCollectorResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `configureSettings` (`(obj: OpenTelemetryCollectorSettings) => Promise<void>`) `optional`

## Returns

[OpenTelemetryCollectorResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.opentelemetrycollector/opentelemetrycollectorresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.opentelemetrycollector/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)