OTLP Receiver OpenTelemetry Input Package


Version	0.2.0 Availability Preview This functionality is in technical preview and is ready for evaluation. Use with caution in production; it is not recommended for mission-critical workloads. Elastic will work to fix any issues, but features in technical preview are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features. Specific Support terms apply. (View all)
Subscription level What's this?	Basic
Developed by What's this?	Elastic
Minimum Kibana version(s)	9.4.0

The OTLP Receiver OpenTelemetry Input Package integration v0.2.0 is in technical preview

To use pre-release integrations, go to the Integrations page in Kibana, scroll down, and toggle on the Display beta integrations option.

Overview

The OTLP Receiver OpenTelemetry Input Package enables Elastic Agent to receive logs, metrics, and traces using the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) over gRPC and HTTP. This allows Elastic Agent to function as a managed OpenTelemetry Collector, accepting telemetry from any OTLP-compatible SDK or collector.

The package uses the upstream OTLP Receiver from the OpenTelemetry Collector.

How it works

This package configures the OTLP receiver in the EDOT (Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry) Collector managed by Elastic Agent. The receiver listens for incoming OTLP data on two endpoints:

gRPC on localhost:4317 (default)
HTTP on localhost:4318 (default)

Incoming telemetry is processed and forwarded to Elasticsearch for indexing and analysis.

Supported signal types

Signal	Default	Description
Logs	Enabled	Log records from applications and infrastructure
Metrics	Enabled	Metric data points and time series
Traces	Enabled	Distributed traces and spans

Configuration

For a complete list of configurations refer to the OTLP Receiver documentation.

Sample event

Example

{
    "@timestamp": "2026-04-29T08:15:50.031Z",
    "agent": {
        "name": "otlp",
        "version": "unknown"
    },
    "attributes": {
        "event": {
            "outcome": "success",
            "success_count": 1
        },
        "processor": {
            "event": "transaction"
        },
        "timestamp": {
            "us": 1777450550031642
        },
        "transaction": {
            "duration": {
                "us": 8
            },
            "id": "aa1541e794f13aac",
            "name": "span-0",
            "representative_count": 1,
            "result": "Success",
            "root": true,
            "sampled": true,
            "type": "unknown"
        }
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "generic.otel",
        "namespace": "22675",
        "type": "traces"
    },
    "duration": 8334,
    "event": {
        "agent_id_status": "missing",
        "dataset": "generic.otel",
        "ingested": "2026-04-29T08:16:00Z",
        "outcome": "success",
        "success_count": 1
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "elastic-agent-22408",
        "os": {
            "platform": "linux"
        }
    },
    "kind": "Internal",
    "name": "span-0",
    "os": {
        "type": "linux"
    },
    "processor": {
        "event": "transaction"
    },
    "resource": {
        "attributes": {
            "agent": {
                "name": "otlp",
                "version": "unknown"
            },
            "host": {
                "name": "elastic-agent-22408"
            },
            "os": {
                "type": "linux"
            },
            "service": {
                "instance": {
                    "id": "elastic-agent-22408"
                },
                "name": "generator"
            }
        },
        "schema_url": "https://opentelemetry.io/schemas/1.40.0"
    },
    "scope": {
        "attributes": {
            "service": {
                "framework": {
                    "name": "generator",
                    "version": ""
                }
            }
        },
        "name": "generator"
    },
    "service": {
        "framework": {
            "name": "generator",
            "version": ""
        },
        "instance": {
            "id": "elastic-agent-22408"
        },
        "name": "generator",
        "node": {
            "name": "elastic-agent-22408"
        }
    },
    "span": {
        "id": "aa1541e794f13aac",
        "name": "span-0"
    },
    "span_id": "aa1541e794f13aac",
    "timestamp": {
        "us": 1777450550031642
    },
    "trace": {
        "id": "3e8478e6b5cb7b2a52649ae2c37eae10"
    },
    "trace_id": "3e8478e6b5cb7b2a52649ae2c37eae10",
    "transaction": {
        "duration": {
            "us": 8
        },
        "id": "aa1541e794f13aac",
        "name": "span-0",
        "representative_count": 1,
        "result": "Success",
        "root": true,
        "sampled": true,
        "type": "unknown"
    }
}

Changelog

Version	Details	Minimum Kibana version
0.2.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Remove signal toggles	9.4.0
0.1.0	Enhancement (View pull request) Initial release of OTLP Receiver OpenTelemetry input package	9.4.0