Receiver matrix

Receiver	Endpoint	Transport	Authentication	Best fit
HTTP JSON	Shared 443, exact URL	HTTPS	Receiver-bound Bearer token	Direct apps and general agents
OTLP/HTTP	Shared 443, exact URL	HTTPS	Receiver-bound Bearer token	OpenTelemetry log exporters
OTLP/gRPC	Shared 443	gRPC TLS	Receiver-bound Bearer metadata	OTLP gRPC exporters
Prometheus text	Shared 443, exact URL	HTTPS	Receiver-bound Bearer token	Pushed exposition samples
Prometheus remote_write	Shared 443, exact URL	HTTPS	Receiver-bound Bearer token	remote_write v1 samples
Syslog	Assigned hostname and port	TLS TCP	Source IPv4/CIDR	rsyslog and syslog-ng
GELF	Assigned hostname and port	UDP or TLS TCP	Source IPv4/CIDR	Docker GELF and GELF clients
StatsD	Assigned hostname and port	UDP	Source IPv4/CIDR	StatsD and DogStatsD lines
Fluent Forward	Assigned hostname and port	TLS TCP	Source IPv4/CIDR	Fluent Bit and Fluentd
Beats	Assigned hostname and port	TLS TCP	Source IPv4/CIDR	Filebeat and Elastic Agent

Shared or dedicated?

Choose a shared receiver when the sender can use an authenticated HTTP or OTLP path. Choose a dedicated receiver when the native wire protocol cannot carry a secure receiver identity.

Dedicated ports are plan-limited and not available on Free accounts. Wait for the endpoint to become active before configuring a sender.