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Browse the documentation for OpenTelemetry Collector components, organized by type. This documentation is automatically generated from the opentelemetry-collector-contrib repository, parsing each component’s metadata.yaml and README.md to produce these pages. Date last generated: 2026-04-13

Receivers

Components that collect telemetry data from external sources and feed it into the collector pipeline.

Exporters

Components that send telemetry data to external destinations and backends.

Processors

Components that transform, filter, and enrich telemetry data as it flows through the pipeline.

Connectors

Components that connect two pipelines, acting as both exporter and receiver.

Extensions

Components that provide additional capabilities to the collector beyond the core pipeline.

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