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# Namedpipe

> OpenTelemetry receiver for Namedpipe

# Namedpipe Receiver

![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-alpha-red)

**Available in:** `contrib`

**Maintainers:** [@sinkingpoint](https://github.com/sinkingpoint)

**Source:** [opentelemetry-collector-contrib](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/namedpipereceiver)

## Supported Telemetry

![Logs](https://img.shields.io/badge/logs-alpha-blue)

## Overview

## Prerequisites

Named pipes are only supported on Unix operating systems.

## Configuration

The following settings are required:

* `path`: The path to open the named pipe at.

The following settings are optional:

* `mode`: The mode bits to set on the opened pipe (default: 0666)

## Example Configuration

```yaml theme={null}
receivers:
  named_pipe:
    path: /tmp/pipe
    mode: 0600
```

The deprecated component type `namedpipe` is still accepted:

```yaml theme={null}
receivers:
  namedpipe:
    path: /tmp/pipe
    mode: 0600
```

## Configuration

### Example Configuration

```yaml theme={null}
named_pipe:
  path: /tmp/pipe
  mode: 0600
  encoding: utf-8
```

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*Last generated: 2026-07-06*