Sources Overview

Edge Delta integrates with a wide range of data sources to give you complete visibility across your systems. These sources form the first step in your telemetry pipelines—where logs, metrics, traces, and events are ingested from diverse environments and technologies.

Whether you’re collecting system logs from Linux hosts, Kubernetes pod metrics, or streaming events from cloud platforms, Edge Delta provides purpose-built connectors designed for reliability, performance, and flexibility. Each source type is optimized for its respective data format and transport method, ensuring efficient ingestion without complex setup.

Edge Delta supports both agent-based and agentless ingestion methods, giving you the freedom to deploy across hybrid and cloud-native environments without compromising data fidelity or control.

Log Sources

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CrowdStrike FDR
CrowdStrike FDR
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Docker
Docker
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Exec
Exec
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Journald
Journald
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Kafka
Kafka
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Kubernetes Event
Kubernetes Event
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Windows Event
Windows Event
Event Hub
Event Hub
File
File
Filebeat
Filebeat
Fluentd
Fluentd
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Splunk
Splunk

Metric Sources

Metrics from Kubernetes
Metrics from Kubernetes
Prometheus
Prometheus

Trace Sources

Kubernetes Trace
Kubernetes Trace

Cloud Native Sources

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Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Pub/Sub
S3
S3

Hybrid Sources

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Datadog
Datadog
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HTTP
HTTP
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Pipeline
Pipeline
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TCP
TCP
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Telemetry Generator
Telemetry Generator
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UDP
UDP
OTLP
OTLP

Custom Sources

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SNMP Pull
SNMP Pull
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SNMP Trap
SNMP Trap
HTTP Pull
HTTP Pull
Syslog
Syslog
HTTP Workflow
HTTP Workflow

Diagnostic Sources

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Component Health Component Health
Component Health
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Container Statistics Container Statistics
Container Statistics
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ED Health Destination ED Health Destination
ED Health Destination
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Self Telemetry Self Telemetry
Self Telemetry
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System Statistics System Statistics
System Statistics