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# Shared Sources

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## Creating Shared Sources

In order to complete this workshop, you will need a Mezmo account with Pipeline enabled.  If you do not have an account, you can sign up for a free trial [here](https://www.mezmo.com/sign-up-mezmo-platform).

Please feel free to select either of the demo logs upon signup, we will be connecting new data from a local OpenTelemetry Demo deployment.  You can explore [Mezmo Flow](https://docs.mezmo.com/telemetry-pipelines/about-mezmo-flow) or continue on with the workshop.

## Step 1: Create an OpenTelemetry Log Shared Source

Once you have an account, go ahead and [Create a new Shared Source](https://app.mezmo.com/pipelines/shared-sources).  Select `OpenTelemetry Logs` and call it what you will, be sure to **save your created Access Key** as you will need this later.

![Mezmo Shared Source](https://uploads.developerhub.io/prod/2KW7/2f0v3rcf58el1x9njruhfly977tnsohwya344pl1r09lmf8o5eq5eyxibg8opgbq.png)

Note that a [Shared Source](https://docs.mezmo.com/telemetry-pipelines/shared-sources) is a powerful way to re-use sources within Mezmo without needing to configure new integrations.  Organizations can take advantage of them to provide teams the self-service ability to pull in sanitized and normalized telemetry data from any stream needed.

![OpenTelemetry Log Source](https://uploads.developerhub.io/prod/2KW7/86gdi75t8nsk074lipa92gf6ei2ikfq1mst87zi9zh6bnk6fvpdtx0sqh84wlxqh.png)

## Step 2: Create an OpenTelemetry Metric Shared Source

Repeat the prior step but this time select `OpenTelemetry Metrics`.  Once again be sure to write that Access Key down for later.

![OpenTelemetry Metric Source](https://uploads.developerhub.io/prod/2KW7/f9hkl96q9p5o98camcbo3km9pgixu9qaahgdyag43nh8u2bnsy5ua27kxz63ok3a.png)

## Step 3: Create an OpenTelemetry Trace Shared Source

Finally create a `OpenTelemetry Metrics` Shared Source and save that Access Key.

![OpenTelemetry Trace Source](https://uploads.developerhub.io/prod/2KW7/ohx9sfw235scy0apzhxfdht91zhb4r4pmnu5b5leukhszx66i2kz0t0cwyhdh2pi.png)