# Custom

### Description

This Custom source can be used to directly configure an OpenTelemetry Receiver. The Custom source is useful for testing new receivers or for fulfilling a use case that is not supported by Bindplane natively.

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**NOTE**

The Custom Source can only be used with components that are present in the Bindplane Collector. See the [Included Components](https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-otel-collector/tree/main#included-components) documentation for a list of supported components.
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**NOTE**

This source is not available in Bindplane Google Edition.
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### Supported Platforms

| Platform                     | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| ---------------------------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux                        | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| Windows                      | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| macOS                        | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| Kubernetes Node (DaemonSet)  | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| Kubernetes Cluster           | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| Kubernetes Gateway           | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| OpenShift 4 Node (DaemonSet) | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |
| OpenShift 4 Cluster          | ✓       | ✓    | ✓      |

The supported platforms and types will be limited to those allowed by the specific receiver used in the configuration.

### Configuration

<table><thead><tr><th width="145.0078125">Field</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Telemetry Types</td><td>The kind of telemetry that will be gathered by the receiver. Can be any combination of metrics, logs, and traces.</td></tr><tr><td>Configuration</td><td>The YAML configuration for the receiver.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example Configuration

#### SQL Server Receiver

The [SQL Server Receiver](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/sqlserverreceiver) is already configurable via the [Microsoft SQL Server](/integrations/sources/microsoft-sql-server.md) source, but the custom source can be used to access configuration options that are not exposed in Bindplane.

**Web Interface**

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**Standalone Source**

```yaml
apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Source
metadata:
  id: custom
  name: custom
spec:
  type: custom
  parameters:
    - name: telemetry_types
      value:
        - Logs
        - Metrics
        - Traces
    - name: configuration
      value: |-
        sqlserver:
          collection_interval: 10s
          computer_name: CustomServer
          instance_name: CustomInstance
          resource_attributes:
            sqlserver.computer.name:
              enabled: true
            sqlserver.instance.name:
              enabled: true
```


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