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Stef Receiver

Status Available in: contrib Maintainers: @tigrannajaryan, @MovieStoreGuy, @dmitryax, @atoulme, @pjanotti, @crobert-1 Source: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Supported Telemetry

Metrics

Overview

For more about OTel/STEF, see STEF exporter docs.

Configuration

  • endpoint (default = localhost:4320 for grpc protocol): host:port on which the receiver is going to receive data. Refer to naming documentation for valid syntax for host part.
  • ack_interval (default: 10ms). The periodical interval of time when sending acknowledgements back to the client.
Example:
stef:
  endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4320
OTel/STEF is a compact and fast telemetry format. STEF receiver supports the following advanced settings:

Configuration

Example Configuration

stef/endpoint:
  endpoint: 0.0.0.0:3456
stef/tls:
  tls:
    key_file: server.key

Last generated: 2026-04-13