--- title: OTLP Receiver description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > OpenTelemetry in Datadog > OpenTelemetry Configuration > OTLP Receiver --- # OTLP Receiver ## Overview{% #overview %} To collect OTLP metrics, logs, and traces, configure the [OTLP receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/receiver/otlpreceiver/README.md) in your Collector. For more information, see the OpenTelemetry project documentation for the [OTLP receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/receiver/otlpreceiver/README.md). ## Setup{% #setup %} Add the following lines to your Collector configuration: {% alert level="danger" %} The following examples use `0.0.0.0` as the endpoint address for convenience. This allows connections from any network interface. For enhanced security, especially in local deployments, consider using `localhost` instead. For more information on secure endpoint configuration, see the [OpenTelemetry security documentation](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/docs/security-best-practices.md#safeguards-against-denial-of-service-attacks). {% /alert %} ```yaml receivers: otlp: protocols: http: endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4318" grpc: endpoint: "0.0.0.0:4317" ``` ## Data collected{% #data-collected %} Traces, metrics, and logs. ## Full example configuration{% #full-example-configuration %} For a full working example configuration with the Datadog exporter, see [`otlp.yaml`](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/exporter/datadogexporter/examples/otlp.yaml). ## Example logging output{% #example-logging-output %} ```gdscript3 ResourceSpans #0 Resource SchemaURL: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.6.1 Resource attributes: -> k8s.node.name: Str(ip-192-168-61-208.ec2.internal) -> process.command_args: Slice(["/app/shippingservice"]) -> k8s.namespace.name: Str(otel-gateway) -> process.pid: Int(1) -> service.name: Str(shippingservice) -> service.namespace: Str(opentelemetry-demo) -> os.type: Str(linux) -> k8s.pod.ip: Str(192.168.57.77) -> deployment.environment: Str(otel-gateway) -> service.instance.id: Str(82323d5f-0e47-4ae6-92b6-583dc1fa33a1) -> k8s.pod.name: Str(opentelemetry-demo-shippingservice-7f9b565549-4p2pj) -> cloud.provider: Str(aws) -> cloud.platform: Str(aws_ec2) -> cloud.region: Str(us-east-1) -> cloud.account.id: Str(XXXXXXXXX) -> cloud.availability_zone: Str(us-east-1c) -> host.id: Str(i-0e0b580bbe11883dc) -> host.image.id: Str(ami-06f28e19c3ba73ef7) -> host.type: Str(m5.large) -> host.name: Str(ip-192-168-61-208.ec2.internal) -> k8s.pod.start_time: Str(2023-11-13T15:03:50Z) -> k8s.replicaset.uid: Str(537d3c30-fe3d-4999-be1a-51227c90a5e4) -> kube_app_name: Str(opentelemetry-demo-shippingservice) -> kube_app_instance: Str(opentelemetry-demo) -> k8s.pod.uid: Str(82323d5f-0e47-4ae6-92b6-583dc1fa33a1) -> k8s.replicaset.name: Str(opentelemetry-demo-shippingservice-7f9b565549) -> kube_app_component: Str(shippingservice) ScopeSpans #0 ScopeSpans SchemaURL: InstrumentationScope opentelemetry-otlp 0.11.0 Span #0 Trace ID : c4f6d4a8831a5d7b95727da5443ad8a4 Parent ID : c7e98372030f17b1 ID : f226428843050d12 Name : reqwest-http-client Kind : Client Start time : 2023-11-20 12:56:26.401728438 +0000 UTC End time : 2023-11-20 12:56:26.403518138 +0000 UTC Status code : Unset Status message : Attributes: -> http.host: Str(opentelemetry-demo-quoteservice) -> http.url: Str(http://opentelemetry-demo-quoteservice:8080/getquote) -> http.status_code: Int(200) -> thread.name: Str(tokio-runtime-worker) -> busy_ns: Int(199789) -> code.namespace: Str(reqwest_tracing::reqwest_otel_span_builder) -> code.lineno: Int(128) -> thread.id: Int(3) -> http.method: Str(POST) -> http.user_agent: Str() -> idle_ns: Int(1588692) -> code.filepath: Str(/usr/local/cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/reqwest-tracing-0.4.0/src/reqwest_otel_span_builder.rs) -> net.host.port: Str(8080) -> http.scheme: Str(http) ResourceMetrics #0 Resource SchemaURL: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.6.1 Resource attributes: -> service.name: Str(opentelemetry-collector) -> net.host.name: Str(192.168.38.72) -> service.instance.id: Str(192.168.38.72:8888) -> net.host.port: Str(8888) -> http.scheme: Str(http) -> k8s.pod.ip: Str(192.168.38.72) -> cloud.provider: Str(aws) -> cloud.platform: Str(aws_ec2) -> cloud.region: Str(us-east-1) -> cloud.account.id: Str(XXXXXXXXX) -> cloud.availability_zone: Str(us-east-1c) -> host.id: Str(i-0fb30793f89bd81ab) -> host.image.id: Str(ami-0cbbb5a8c6f670bb6) -> host.type: Str(m5.large) -> host.name: Str(ip-192-168-37-51.ec2.internal) -> os.type: Str(linux) -> k8s.pod.uid: Str(01f039fa-abf3-4ab1-8683-923dcf94b391) -> k8s.namespace.name: Str(otel-ds-gateway) -> k8s.pod.start_time: Str(2023-11-20T12:53:40Z) -> k8s.daemonset.uid: Str(694b994d-3488-418a-9f94-284792f1f8da) -> k8s.daemonset.name: Str(opentelemetry-collector-agent) -> k8s.node.name: Str(ip-192-168-37-51.ec2.internal) -> kube_app_name: Str(opentelemetry-collector) -> kube_app_instance: Str(opentelemetry-collector) -> k8s.pod.name: Str(opentelemetry-collector-agent-4dm92) ScopeMetrics #0 ScopeMetrics SchemaURL: InstrumentationScope otelcol/prometheusreceiver 0.88.0-dev Metric #0 Descriptor: -> Name: otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity -> Description: Fixed capacity of the retry queue (in batches) -> Unit: -> DataType: Gauge NumberDataPoints #0 Data point attributes: -> exporter: Str(otlp) -> service_instance_id: Str(ab73126a-0eff-4678-922d-a96b1fdabcdc) -> service_name: Str(otelcontribcol) -> service_version: Str(0.88.0-dev) StartTimestamp: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC Timestamp: 2023-11-20 13:01:26.074 +0000 UTC Value: 1000.000000 ResourceLog #0 Resource SchemaURL: https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.6.1 Resource attributes: -> k8s.container.name: Str(loadgenerator) -> k8s.namespace.name: Str(otel-staging) -> k8s.pod.name: Str(opentelemetry-demo-loadgenerator-d8c4d699d-ztt98) -> k8s.container.restart_count: Str(1) -> k8s.pod.uid: Str(92bf09ed-0db9-4f69-a9d6-1dadf12e01aa) -> k8s.pod.ip: Str(192.168.55.78) -> cloud.provider: Str(aws) -> cloud.platform: Str(aws_ec2) -> cloud.region: Str(us-east-1) -> cloud.account.id: Str(XXXXXXXXX) -> cloud.availability_zone: Str(us-east-1c) -> host.id: Str(i-0368add8e328c28f7) -> host.image.id: Str(ami-08a2e6a8e82737230) -> host.type: Str(m5.large) -> host.name: Str(ip-192-168-53-115.ec2.internal) -> os.type: Str(linux) -> k8s.daemonset.uid: Str(6d6fef61-d4c7-4226-9b7b-7d6b893cb31d) -> k8s.daemonset.name: Str(opentelemetry-collector-agent) -> k8s.node.name: Str(ip-192-168-53-115.ec2.internal) -> kube_app_name: Str(opentelemetry-collector) -> kube_app_instance: Str(opentelemetry-collector) -> k8s.pod.start_time: Str(2023-11-20T12:53:23Z) ScopeLogs #0 ScopeLogs SchemaURL: InstrumentationScope LogRecord #0 ObservedTimestamp: 2023-11-20 13:02:04.332021519 +0000 UTC Timestamp: 2023-11-20 13:01:46.095736502 +0000 UTC SeverityText: SeverityNumber: Unspecified(0) Body: Str( return wrapped_send(self, request, **kwargs)) Attributes: -> log.file.path: Str(/var/log/pods/otel-staging_opentelemetry-demo-loadgenerator-d8c4d699d-ztt98_92bf09ed-0db9-4f69-a9d6-1dadf12e01aa/loadgenerator/1.log) -> time: Str(2023-11-20T13:01:46.095736502Z) -> logtag: Str(F) -> log.iostream: Str(stderr) Trace ID: Span ID: Flags: 0 ``` ## Further reading{% #further-reading %} - [Setting Up the OpenTelemetry Collector](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/collector_exporter/) - [OTLP Ingestion by the Datadog Agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/opentelemetry/otlp_ingest_in_the_agent/)