New component: Snowflake Receiver

[shalper2]

The purpose and use-cases of the new component

Snowflake is a fast growing data cloud company which allows users to store, manipulate, and analyze data in a SaaS platform. Its database functionality has found use across multiple industries and the technology is quickly becoming foundational to new and existing platforms.

The Snowflake receiver would be used to connect to snowflake and then perform queries, converting any results into metrics. Examples could be billing metrics, performance metrics, and security related metrics such as log in attempts. All queries supported by this receiver will be pre defined and included in the receiver module and will target a specific set of metrics to provide parity with existing tools.

While snowflake metrics are accessible through the likes of the signalfx smart agent it makes sense to include a native receiver to improve user experience and reduce the number of tools a customer might need to satisfy their operational requirements.

Example configuration for the component

receivers:
  snowflakedb:
    username: snow
    password: flake
    account: isvery-cool
    warehouse: metricswarehouse
    database: snowflake # defaults to 'snowflake'
    role: accountadmin # defaults to accountadmin (this is inline with default permissions)
    metrics:  # all metrics default to enabled, created using mdatagen
      <metric_name>:
        enabled: <true|false>

Telemetry data types supported

metrics

Is this a vendor-specific component?

• This is a vendor-specific component
• If this is a vendor-specific component, I am proposing to contribute this as a representative of the vendor.

Sponsor (optional)

No response

Additional context

No response

[jpkrohling]

Given that this is a vendor-specific component, I believe we should call the next sponsor in line.

@dmitryax, are you the next in line, or is the table outdated?

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#rotating-sponsors

[dmitryax]

That's correct. I should be the next sponsor