From a9ee46d2801d727b834304f0f3605163adef7c6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Helmuth <12352919+TylerHelmuth@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:51:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add the fileexporter

---
 distributions/otelcol-k8s/README.md     | 2 +-
 distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/README.md b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/README.md
index cd9685ef..28120607 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/README.md
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/README.md
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ The full list of components is available in the [manifest](manifest.yaml)
    - Although you could run a collector in Kubernetes to reach out to any endpoint, this distribution is not targeting that use case. This distribution is for monitoring Kubernetes and the processes it runs. 
  - All components must be vendor-neutral.
  - Only exporters that use OTLP are allowed.
-   - The debug exporter is an exception.
+   - To facilitate troubleshooting, the debug exporter and file exporter are exceptions .
  - All technologies OTel promised to support will be included as receivers. Specifically this means the `jaegerreceiver`, `zipkinreceiver`, `opencensusreceiver`, and `prometheusreceiver` will be included.
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diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
index 438ae693..7ff93125 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-k8s/manifest.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extensions:
 
 exporters:
   - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/debugexporter v0.96.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/fileexporter v0.96.0
   - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.96.0
   - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.96.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/loadbalancingexporter v0.96.0