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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Event Hub
Event Hub
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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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Splunk HEC
Splunk HEC
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Splunk TCP
Splunk TCP
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Windows Event
Windows Event
File
File
Fluentd
Fluentd
Kubernetes
Kubernetes

Metric Sources

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Prometheus
Prometheus
Metrics from Kubernetes
Metrics from Kubernetes

Trace Sources

Kubernetes Trace
Kubernetes Trace

Cloud Native Sources

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

Custom Sources

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HTTP
HTTP
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SNMP Pull
SNMP Pull
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SNMP Trap
SNMP Trap
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Syslog
Syslog
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TCP
TCP
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UDP
UDP
HTTP Pull
HTTP Pull
Diagnostics Nodes
Diagnostics Nodes

Hybrid Sources

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Datadog
Datadog
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OTLP
OTLP
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Pipeline
Pipeline
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Telemetry Generator
Telemetry Generator