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.

INFO

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 \
  <gpu-collector-image>

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

Docker Compose

services:
  otel-gpu-collector:
    image: <gpu-collector-image>
    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: <gpu-collector-image>
          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

INFO

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