Sources
Comprehensive list of data sources supported by Bindplane for collecting metrics, logs, and traces from infrastructure, applications, and cloud services
Sources define where your telemetry data originates, connecting to infrastructure, applications, and services to ingest data into your Bindplane pipeline.
Source Categories
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWS, Google Cloud, Azure services
Kubernetes clusters and containers
Host systems (Linux, Windows, macOS)
Applications & Databases
Web servers (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
Application servers and message queues
Custom applications
Network & Security
Network devices and load balancers
Security platforms and firewalls
Authentication systems
Logging & Monitoring
System and application logs
Monitoring tools (Prometheus, StatsD)
File-based sources
Available Sources
Infrastructure & Cloud Sources
Application & Database Sources
Message Queue & Streaming Sources
Network & Security Sources
Logging & Monitoring Sources
File-based Sources
Getting Started
To add a source to your configuration:
Navigate to the Configs tab in Bindplane
Select or create a configuration
Click Add Source
Choose the appropriate source type from the list above
Configure the required parameters
Add destinations to route the collected data
Apply the configuration to your collectors
Platform Support
Most sources support multiple platforms:
Linux: Full support for most sources
Windows: Support for Windows-specific sources and general sources
macOS: Limited support for system monitoring sources
Kubernetes: Specialized sources for containerized environments
Telemetry Types
Sources can collect different types of telemetry data:
Metrics: Numerical measurements and statistics
Logs: Text-based event records
Traces: Distributed tracing data for request flows
Some sources support multiple telemetry types, allowing you to collect comprehensive observability data from a single source.
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