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…rer section to advanced-configurations.md Network Explorer section
signalfx · Oct 16, 2023 · 018d665 · 018d665
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diff --git a/docs/advanced-configuration.md b/docs/advanced-configuration.md
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ networkExplorer:
 Note: Enabling network explorer will automatically enable the Open Telemetry Collector Gateway.
 
 ### Prerequisites
-Network Explorer is only supported in Kubernetes-based environments on Linux hosts: RedHat Linux 7.6+, Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian Stretch+, Amazon Linux 2, Google COS.
+- Network Explorer supports Kubernetes nodes on the following Linux distributions: RedHat 7.6+, Ubuntu 16.04+, Debian Stretch+, Amazon Linux 2, and Google COS.
+- Linux kernel version 6 is not supported at this time.
 
 ### Modifying the reducer footprint
 The reducer is a single pod per Kubernetes cluster. If your cluster contains a large number of pods, nodes, and services, you can increase the resources allocated to it.

diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
@@ -1111,11 +1111,6 @@ gateway:
   config: {}
 
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-# Notice: Network Explorer related features should be considered to have an
-# ALPHA maturity level and be experimental. There may be breaking changes or
-# Network Explorer features may be replaced entirely with a better alternative
-# in the future.
-#
 # OpenTelemetry service config, used for otel collector deployment.
 # Disabled by default
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@@ -1128,10 +1123,14 @@ service:
   annotations: {}
 
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+# Notice: Network Explorer related features should be considered to have an
+# ALPHA maturity level and be experimental. There may be breaking changes or
+# Network Explorer features may be replaced entirely with a better alternative
+# in the future.
+#
 # Configuration section for Network Explorer (disabled by default).
 # Network Explorer allows you to collect network metrics from linux kernel.
-# Note that Network Explorer is not supported for Linux kernel version 6 at the moment.
-# Setting networkExplorer.enabled=true for Linux kernel 6 will lead to errors.
+# Related documentation: https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/blob/main/docs/advanced-configuration.md#network-explorer
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 networkExplorer: