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

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
AWS CloudWatch		✓		Collect logs from AWS CloudWatch
AWS Neuron	✓			Collect metrics from AWS Neuron devices
AWS S3 Event		✓		Collect events from AWS S3
Azure Blob Polling	✓	✓	✓	Poll Azure Blob Storage for new blobs
Azure Blob Storage		✓		Collect data from Azure Blob Storage
Azure Event Hub	✓	✓		Collect data from Azure Event Hub
Google Cloud Pub/Sub (Pull)	✓	✓	✓	Collect data from Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Pub/Sub (Push)		✓		Receive data from Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Storage Event		✓		Collect Google Cloud Storage object contents via Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Storage Rehydration		✓		Rehydrate data from Google Cloud Storage
Kubernetes Cluster Events		✓		Collect Kubernetes cluster events
Kubernetes Cluster Metrics	✓			Collect Kubernetes cluster metrics
Kubernetes Container Logs		✓		Collect Kubernetes container logs
Kubernetes Gateway Azure Event Hub	✓	✓		Collect data from Azure Event Hub across Gateway replicas
Kubernetes Kubelet Metrics	✓			Collect Kubernetes kubelet metrics
Kubernetes Prometheus Node	✓			Collect Prometheus metrics from Kubernetes nodes
Host Metrics	✓			Collect system metrics
macOS	✓	✓		Collect macOS system metrics and logs
VMware ESXi		✓		Collect logs from VMware ESXi hosts
VMware vCenter	✓	✓		Monitor VMware vCenter (metrics and logs)

Application & Database Sources

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
Apache Combined		✓		Collect Apache combined format logs
Apache Common		✓		Collect Apache common format logs
Apache HTTP	✓	✓		Monitor Apache web servers
Apache Spark	✓			Monitor Apache Spark
Aerospike	✓	✓		Monitor Aerospike database
Cassandra	✓	✓		Monitor Apache Cassandra
CockroachDB	✓	✓		Monitor CockroachDB
Couchbase	✓	✓		Monitor Couchbase
CouchDB	✓	✓		Monitor Apache CouchDB
Elasticsearch	✓	✓		Monitor Elasticsearch
HBase	✓	✓		Monitor Apache HBase
Hadoop	✓	✓		Monitor Apache Hadoop
JBoss		✓		Monitor JBoss application server
JVM	✓			Monitor Java Virtual Machine metrics
MongoDB	✓	✓		Monitor MongoDB
MongoDB Atlas	✓	✓		Monitor MongoDB Atlas
Microsoft IIS	✓	✓		Monitor Microsoft IIS web server
Microsoft SQL Server	✓	✓		Monitor Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft 365		✓		Collect Microsoft 365 logs
MySQL	✓	✓		Monitor MySQL database
Nginx	✓	✓	✓	Monitor Nginx web servers
Oracle Database	✓	✓		Monitor Oracle Database
PostgreSQL	✓	✓		Monitor PostgreSQL databases
PgBouncer		✓		Collect PgBouncer logs
Redis	✓	✓		Monitor Redis instances
SAP HANA		✓		Collect SAP HANA logs
SAP NetWeaver	✓			Monitor SAP NetWeaver
Solr	✓	✓		Monitor Apache Solr
SQL Query		✓		Generate logs from a SQL query
Tomcat	✓	✓		Monitor Apache Tomcat
WildFly		✓		Monitor WildFly application server
ZooKeeper	✓	✓		Monitor Apache ZooKeeper

Message Queue & Streaming Sources

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
Kafka Cluster	✓			Monitor Kafka clusters
Kafka Node	✓	✓		Monitor Kafka nodes
Kafka Stream	✓	✓	✓	Consume OpenTelemetry data from Kafka
RabbitMQ	✓	✓		Monitor RabbitMQ message broker
HAProxy		✓		Monitor HAProxy load balancer

Network & Security Sources

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
Active Directory	✓	✓		Monitor Active Directory
Cisco ASA		✓		Collect logs from Cisco ASA
Cisco Catalyst		✓		Collect logs from Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Meraki		✓		Collect logs from Cisco Meraki
Cloudflare		✓		Collect Cloudflare logs
CrowdStrike FDR		✓		Collect CrowdStrike Falcon Data Replicator logs
F5 BIG-IP	✓			Monitor F5 BIG-IP load balancers
NetFlow		✓		Collect NetFlow data
Okta		✓		Collect logs from Okta
Packet Capture		✓		Collect network packets
Ubiquiti		✓		Collect logs from Ubiquiti devices
Windows DHCP		✓		Collect Windows DHCP logs

Logging & Monitoring Sources

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
Bindplane		✓		Collect the Bindplane server log
Bindplane Audit Logs		✓		Collect Bindplane audit logs
Bindplane Collector	✓	✓		Monitor Bindplane collectors
Bindplane Gateway	✓	✓	✓	Monitor Bindplane gateway
Common Event Format		✓		Collect Common Event Format logs
CSV	✓			Collect metrics from CSV files
Custom	✓	✓	✓	Custom OpenTelemetry receiver configuration
Datadog Agent	✓	✓	✓	Receive telemetry from Datadog Agents
File Stats	✓			Collect file statistics
Fluent Forward		✓		Collect logs via Fluentd forward protocol
HTTP Check	✓			Monitor HTTP endpoints
HTTP Log		✓		Collect logs via HTTP
Journald		✓		Collect systemd journal logs
Logstash		✓		Collect logs from Logstash
macOS Unified Logging		✓		Collect Unified Logging logs
OpenTelemetry OTLP	✓	✓	✓	Standard OpenTelemetry protocol
Prometheus	✓			Scrape Prometheus metrics
Prometheus Remote Write	✓			Receive Prometheus metrics via remote write.
REST API	✓	✓		Collect telemetry from a REST API endpoint.
Splunk HEC	✓	✓		Collect logs and metrics via Splunk HTTP Event Collector
Splunk Search API		✓		Collect logs via Splunk Search API
Splunk TCP		✓		Collect logs via Splunk TCP
StatsD	✓			Collect StatsD metrics
Syslog		✓		Collect Syslog messages
TCP		✓		Collect logs via TCP
Telemetry Generator	✓	✓	✓	Generate test telemetry data
UDP		✓		Collect logs via UDP
W3C		✓		Collect W3C format logs
Windows Event Forwarding		✓		Collect forwarded Windows Event logs
Windows Event Trace ETW		✓		Collect Windows ETW traces
Windows Events		✓		Collect logs from the Windows Event Log
Windows Remote Collection		✓		Collect Windows Event logs from remote hosts

File-based Sources

Source	Metrics	Logs	Traces	Description
Filelog		✓		Collect logs from files
AWS S3 Rehydration		✓		Rehydrate logs from AWS S3
Azure Blob Rehydration		✓		Rehydrate logs from Azure Blob Storage

Getting Started

To add a source to your configuration:

1. Navigate to the Configs tab in Bindplane
2. Select or create a configuration
3. Click Add Source
4. Choose the appropriate source type from the list above
5. Configure the required parameters
6. Add destinations to route the collected data
7. Apply the configuration to your collectors

NOTE

1. Source Limit per Configuration: A single configuration can contain up to 100 sources. This limit includes both active and paused sources. Refer FAQ
2. As a best practice, Bindplane recommends 25 sources per configuration, as performance and manageability can degrade beyond that point.

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.