Merge pull request #12643 from gouthamve/add-otlp-docs

Add initial OTLP ingestion docs
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corresponding native histogram. However, if a native histogram is present,
Prometheus will ignore the corresponding conventional histogram, with the
notable exception of exemplars, which are always ingested.
## OTLP Receiver
`--enable-feature=otlp-write-receiver`
The OTLP receiver allows Prometheus to accept [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) metrics writes.
Prometheus is best used as a Pull based system, and staleness, `up` metric, and other Pull enabled features
won't work when you push OTLP metrics.

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endpoint is `/api/v1/write`. Find more details [here](../storage.md#overview).
*New in v2.33*
## OTLP Receiver
Prometheus can be configured as a receiver for the OTLP Metrics protocol. This
is not considered an efficient way of ingesting samples. Use it
with caution for specific low-volume use cases. It is not suitable for
replacing the ingestion via scraping.
Enable the OTLP receiver by the feature flag
`--enable-feature=otlp-write-receiver`. When enabled, the OTLP receiver
endpoint is `/api/v1/otlp/v1/metrics`.
*New in v2.47*