Destinations

Comprehensive list of destinations supported by Bindplane for exporting metrics, logs, and traces to observability platforms, databases, and storage systems

Destinations are the final endpoints where your processed telemetry data is sent for storage, analysis, or visualization. This section provides documentation for all supported destination platforms and systems.

What are Destinations?

Destinations receive and store your telemetry data for:

  • Observability: Monitoring, alerting, and visualization

  • Security: Threat detection and compliance monitoring

  • Analytics: Data analysis and business intelligence

  • Storage: Long-term data retention and archival

  • Integration: Connecting with other tools and platforms

Destination Categories

Observability Platforms

  • APM & Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic, Splunk Observability Cloud

  • Log Management: Elasticsearch, Splunk, Logz.io, Coralogix

  • Metrics & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana Cloud, Victoria Metrics

  • Distributed Tracing: Jaeger, Zipkin, Honeycomb.io

Cloud Services

  • AWS: CloudWatch, S3, Managed Prometheus

  • Google Cloud: Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Storage

  • Azure: Monitor, Blob Storage, Sentinel

  • Multi-Cloud: Cross-platform observability solutions

Security & Compliance

  • SIEM Platforms: Splunk, QRadar, Microsoft Sentinel

  • Security Operations: Google SecOps, Chronicle

  • Compliance: Audit logging and regulatory compliance

  • Threat Detection: Security monitoring and alerting

Storage & Analytics

  • Databases: ClickHouse, InfluxDB, Snowflake

  • Data Lakes: S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage

  • Message Queues: Kafka, RabbitMQ

  • Custom Endpoints: HTTP webhooks, OTLP endpoints

Supported Telemetry Types

Each destination supports one or more telemetry types:

  • Logs: Text-based data for debugging and analysis

  • Metrics: Numerical data for monitoring and alerting

  • Traces: Distributed tracing data for performance analysis

Available Destinations

Observability Platforms

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Send data to Datadog APM and monitoring

Send data to Dynatrace APM platform

Send data to New Relic observability platform

Send data to Splunk Observability Cloud

Send logs to Splunk via HTTP Event Collector

Send data to Elasticsearch using OTLP

Send data to Elasticsearch using legacy protocol

Send data to Grafana Cloud observability

Send data to Logz.io observability platform

Send data to Coralogix observability platform

Send data to Honeycomb for distributed tracing

Send data to Observe observability platform

Send data to Axiom observability platform

Send data to Dash0 observability platform

Send data to Sumo Logic observability platform

Send data to Victoria Metrics time-series database

Send logs to Grafana Loki

Cloud Services

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Send data to Google Cloud Logging and Monitoring

Store data in Google Cloud Storage

Send metrics to Google Cloud Managed Prometheus

Store data in AWS S3 buckets

Send metrics to AWS Managed Prometheus

Send data to Azure Monitor

Store data in Azure Blob Storage

Security & Compliance

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Send security logs to Google SecOps

Forward security logs to Google SecOps

Send logs to Microsoft Sentinel SIEM

Send logs to IBM QRadar SIEM

Send logs to CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale

Storage & Analytics

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Store data in ClickHouse database

Store data in InfluxDB time-series database

Store data in Snowflake data warehouse

Send data to Kafka message queue

Send metrics to Prometheus

Send metrics via Prometheus Remote Write

Distributed Tracing

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Send traces to Jaeger distributed tracing

Send traces to Zipkin distributed tracing

Send data to Honeycomb Refinery

Custom & Development

Destination
Logs
Metrics
Traces
Persistent Queuing
Proxy
Description

Send data to any OTLP-compatible endpoint

Send data to custom endpoints

Send data via HTTP webhooks

Discard data (for testing)

Send data to Bindplane Gateway

Getting Started

Choose Your Destinations

  1. Identify Your Use Cases: Determine what you want to achieve with your data

  2. Select Appropriate Destinations: Choose destinations that match your needs

  3. Plan Data Flow: Consider how data will flow through your pipeline

  4. Configure Destinations: Set up destination configurations in Bindplane

Best Practices

  • Start Simple: Begin with basic destinations and add complexity gradually

  • Use Multiple Destinations: Send different data types to appropriate destinations

  • Monitor Performance: Watch for data flow and destination performance

  • Test Configurations: Use live preview to test destination configurations

  • Plan for Scale: Consider data volume and destination capacity

  • Security First: Use secure authentication and encryption for sensitive data

  • Backup Strategy: Consider multiple destinations for redundancy

Destination Features

Persistent Queuing

Many destinations support persistent queuing, which allows data to be buffered locally when the destination is unavailable, ensuring no data loss during network issues or destination downtime.

Proxy Support

Some destinations support proxy configurations for environments that require traffic to go through corporate proxies or firewalls.

Retry Mechanisms

All destinations include configurable retry mechanisms to handle temporary failures and ensure reliable data delivery.

Authentication

Destinations support various authentication methods including:

  • API Keys and Tokens

  • OAuth 2.0

  • Service Account credentials

  • Certificate-based authentication

Next Steps

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