[chore] prepare grafanacloudconnector for release (#32132)

**Description:** 
As described in the documentation, this is the last PR to mark the new
component as Alpha stability and add it to the cmd/otelcontribcol binary
by updating the cmd/otelcontribcol/components.go file.

**Link to tracking Issue:** <Issue number if applicable>
#31647

---------

Signed-off-by: Robbie Lankford <robert.lankford@grafana.com>

cmd/configschema/go.mod

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector v0.97.0 // indirect
@@ -1156,3 +1157,5 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/stor
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding/otlpencodingextension => ../../extension/encoding/otlpencodingextension
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/encoding => ../../extension/encoding
+
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector

cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ connectors:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector v0.97.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.97.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.97.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.97.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.97.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.97.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector v0.97.0
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ replaces:
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector => ../../connector/countconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector => ../../connector/datadogconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector => ../../connector/exceptionsconnector
+  - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ../../connector/routingconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector => ../../connector/servicegraphconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector => ../../connector/spanmetricsconnector
@@ -446,4 +448,3 @@ replaces:
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/sumologicextension => ../../extension/sumologicextension
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/namedpipereceiver => ../../receiver/namedpipereceiver
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/sqlquery => ../../internal/sqlquery
-

cmd/otelcontribcol/go.mod

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.97.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector v0.97.0
@@ -1158,6 +1159,8 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/data
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector => ../../connector/exceptionsconnector
 
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector
+
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ../../connector/routingconnector
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector => ../../connector/servicegraphconnector

connector/grafanacloudconnector/README.md

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aconnector%2Fgrafanacloud%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fgrafanacloud) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aconnector%2Fgrafanacloud%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fgrafanacloud) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@jpkrohling](https://www.github.com/jpkrohling), [@rlankfo](https://www.github.com/rlankfo), [@jcreixell](https://www.github.com/jcreixell) \| Seeking more code owners! |
 
-[development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
 [contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 
 ## Supported Pipeline Types
 
 | [Exporter Pipeline Type] | [Receiver Pipeline Type] | [Stability Level] |
 | ------------------------ | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
-| traces | metrics | [development] |
+| traces | metrics | [alpha] |
 
 [Exporter Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#exporter-pipeline-type
 [Receiver Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#receiver-pipeline-type

connector/grafanacloudconnector/go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector
 
-go 1.21.8
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0

connector/grafanacloudconnector/metadata.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ scope_name: otelcol/grafanacloud
 status:
   class: connector
   stability:
-    development: [traces_to_metrics]
+    alpha: [traces_to_metrics]
   distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [jpkrohling, rlankfo, jcreixell]

go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.97.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.97.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector v0.97.0
@@ -1147,9 +1148,11 @@ replace (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector => ./connector/countconnector
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector => ./connector/datadogconnector
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector => ./connector/exceptionsconnector
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ./connector/grafanacloudconnector
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ./connector/routingconnector
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector => ./connector/servicegraphconnector
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector => ./connector/spanmetricsconnector
+
 )
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/sqlquery => ./internal/sqlquery

internal/components/components.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/countconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/datadogconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/spanmetricsconnector"
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ func Components() (otelcol.Factories, error) {
 		countconnector.NewFactory(),
 		datadogconnector.NewFactory(),
 		exceptionsconnector.NewFactory(),
+		grafanacloudconnector.NewFactory(),
 		routingconnector.NewFactory(),
 		servicegraphconnector.NewFactory(),
 		spanmetricsconnector.NewFactory(),