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While both Prometheus and OTel emit metrics, there is a lot to cover on the
differences and similarities, and is out of scope for this article. Rather, we
want to show you how OTel supports Prometheus, specifically in a Kubernetes
environment. You will learn:
environment. You'll learn:
* How the OTel Collector's Prometheus Receiver can be used to ingest Prometheus
metrics.
* How the OTel Operator's Target Allocator (TA) can be used for Prometheus
service discovery.
* How the TA ensures even distribution of Prometheus targets.
metrics.
* Alternative methods for Prometheus metric collection through OTel-native
options such as the K8s cluster receiver and Kubelet stats receiver.
options such as the K8s cluster receiver and Kubelet stats receiver.

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We will also do a technical dive into the OTel Operator's Target Allocator (TA)
and learn:
* How it can be used for Prometheus service discovery.
* How it ensures even distribution of Prometheus targets.

## Prometheus
## Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
Prometheus encompasses many things, including [a time-series data store,
monitoring and alerting tool](https://prometheus.io/), and data format, known as [Prometheus
text-based exposition format](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/#exposition-formats).

Prometheus _data_ is stored as a dimensional time-series, meaning that the data
has attributes (for example, labels or dimensions) and a timestamp.

The Prometheus _tool_ collects Prometheus metrics data from targets defined in a
The Prometheus _server_ collects Prometheus metrics data from targets defined in a
configuration file. A target is an endpoint that supplies metrics for the
Prometheus tool to store.

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