Documented Grafana OTLP credentials setup with new OpenTelemetry box (#…

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docs/sources/configure/options.md

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ A quick description of the components:
   the incoming data will be directly forwarded to the next stage.
 - [Kubernetes decorator](#kubernetes-decorator) will decorate the metrics and traces
   with Kubernetes metadata of the instrumented Pods.
+- [Grafana Cloud OTEL exporter for metrics and traces](#using-the-grafana-cloud-otel-endpoint-to-ingest-metrics-and-traces)
+  simplifies the submission of OpenTelemetry metrics and traces to Grafana cloud.
 - [OTEL metrics exporter](#otel-metrics-exporter) exports metrics data to an external
   [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) metrics collector.
 - [OTEL traces exporter](#otel-traces-exporter) exports span data to an external
@@ -536,6 +538,10 @@ document/d/*/edit
 
 ## OTEL metrics exporter
 
+> ℹ️ If you plan to use Beyla to send metrics to Grafana Cloud,
+> please check the [Grafana Cloud OTEL exporter for metrics and traces](#using-the-grafana-cloud-otel-endpoint-to-ingest-metrics-and-traces)
+> section for easier configuration.
+
 YAML section `otel_metrics_export`.
 
 This component exports OpenTelemetry metrics to a given endpoint. It will be enabled if
@@ -668,6 +674,10 @@ conventions recommend a different set of bucket boundaries.
 
 ## OTEL traces exporter
 
+> ℹ️ If you plan to use Beyla to send metrics to Grafana Cloud,
+> please check the [Grafana Cloud OTEL exporter for metrics and traces](#using-the-grafana-cloud-otel-endpoint-to-ingest-metrics-and-traces)
+> section for easier configuration.
+
 YAML section `otel_traces_export`.
 
 This component exports OpenTelemetry traces to a given endpoint. It will be enabled if

docs/sources/tutorial/index.md

@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@ There are two ways to forward your OpenTelemetry traces to Grafana Cloud:
 
 ### Running Grafana Beyla with your Grafana Credentials
 
-In your Grafana Cloud Portal, click on the "Details" button in the "Grafana" box. Next,
-copy your Grafana Instance ID and Zone, as in the image below.
+In your Grafana Cloud Portal, click on the "Details" button in the "OpenTelemetry" box. Next,
+copy your Grafana OTLP Endpoint and Instance ID, as in the image below.
 
-![](https://grafana.com/media/docs/grafana-cloud/beyla/tutorial/grafana-cloud-instance-id.png)
+![](https://grafana.com/media/docs/grafana-cloud/beyla/tutorial/otlp-connection-details.png)
 
-Also create a Grafana API Key with metrics push privileges.
+Also generate a Password/API token with metrics push privileges.
 
 Now you can run Beyla by using the above information to set the
-`GRAFANA_CLOUD_ZONE`, `GRAFANA_CLOUD_INSTANCE_ID` and `GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY`
+`OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT`, `GRAFANA_CLOUD_INSTANCE_ID` and `GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY`
 environment variables.
 
 The `GRAFANA_CLOUD_SUBMIT` environment variable (whose value defaults to `traces`)
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ we will set `GRAFANA_CLOUD_SUBMIT=metrics`.
 For example:
 
 ```sh
+export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=https://otlp-gateway-prod-eu-west-0.grafana.net/otlp
 export GRAFANA_CLOUD_SUBMIT=metrics
-export GRAFANA_CLOUD_ZONE=prod-eu-west-0
 export GRAFANA_CLOUD_INSTANCE_ID=123456
 export GRAFANA_CLOUD_API_KEY="your api key here..."