Migrate from Honeycomb

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Scope of Task

We need documentation that helps users migrate from Honeycomb to SigNoz, covering both SigNoz Cloud and Self-Hosted SigNoz.

The goal of the doc is to assist users in understanding how they can:

• Replace Honeycomb boards/queries with SigNoz dashboards (including templates and customization options)
• Migrate Honeycomb traces and events to SigNoz traces & logs (via OpenTelemetry or FluentBit)
• Re-create Honeycomb derived-metrics and SLOs in SigNoz Metrics Explorer
• Move Honeycomb Triggers/SLO alerts to SigNoz alert rules (including Terraform Operator support)

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Tasks

1. Dashboards & Queries

   • Link to SigNoz dashboard templates and explain how to request new ones
   • Describe SigNoz’s dashboard features (panels, filters, query builder, sharing)

2. Traces & Logs

   • Guide on switching instrumentation from Honeycomb SDK / Beelines to standard OpenTelemetry SDKs + OTLP exporters for SigNoz
   • Show how to configure the OpenTelemetry Collector or FluentBit to send logs/events to SigNoz

3. Metrics

   • Explain migration of derived or custom Honeycomb metrics/SLOs to SigNoz metrics
   • Enable the Prometheus Receiver in SigNoz (link to config guide)
   • Mention OTLP metrics ingestion and demonstrate the SigNoz Metrics Explorer

4. Alerts

   • Map Honeycomb Triggers/SLOs to SigNoz alert rules
   • Provide examples and YAML samples for Terraform Operator management

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Where Should the Docs Go?

• Landing File Path: docs/migration/migrate-from-honeycomb-to-signoz.mdx
• Files for Traces, Logs, Metrics, Dashboards and Alerts: docs/migrations/migrate-from-honeycomb/traces(logs/metrics/alerts/dashboards)
• Metadata ID: migrate-from-honeycomb
• Title: Migrate from Honeycomb
• Sidebar Name: Migrate from Honeycomb under Migrate to SigNoz

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Resources

• Migrate From ELK
• SigNoz vs Honeycomb comparison

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Additional Notes

• Cover migrations from both Honeycomb Cloud and Self-Hosted Honeycomb (if applicable).
• Emphasize that Honeycomb already uses OpenTelemetry OTLP under the hood, so changing the OTLP endpoint to SigNoz and standardizing SDKs is the recommended path.
• Highlight unified observability (logs, metrics, traces) and predictable pricing advantages in SigNoz.