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# OTLP Source

> Configure the OTLP source in Sawmills to receive logs, metrics, and traces over both HTTP and gRPC using the OpenTelemetry protocol standard.

## Supported Data Types

📘 **Logs** | 📈 **Metrics** | 🚦 **Traces**

## Configuration

| Field         | Type    | Default            | Required | Description                                                                          |
| :------------ | :------ | :----------------- | :------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name          | String  | none               | true     | Unique identifier within Sawmills.                                                   |
| Enable HTTP   | Boolean | true               | true     | Enable the OTLP source to accept telemetry data over HTTP.                           |
| HTTP Address  | String  | `${env:MY_POD_IP}` | true     | The address (IP or hostname) where HTTP data is received. Defaults to your pod’s IP. |
| Port (HTTP)   | Int     | 4318               | true     | The port for receiving OTLP data over HTTP.                                          |
| Enable gRPC   | Boolean | true               | true     | Enable the OTLP source to accept telemetry data over gRPC.                           |
| gRPC Hostname | String  | `${env:MY_POD_IP}` | true     | The address (IP or hostname) where gRPC data is received. Defaults to your pod’s IP. |
| Port (gRPC)   | Int     | 4317               | true     | The port for receiving OTLP data over gRPC.                                          |

### Advanced Options

| Field                        | Type    | Default | Required | Description                                                                                                                            |   |
| :--------------------------- | :------ | :------ | :------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - |
| Forward X-Scope-OrgID Header | Boolean | true    | true     | When enabled, the incoming X-Scope-OrgID header is preserved. This is often required for multi-tenant authentication to work properly. |   |

<Note> The pod’s IP address is retrieved by defining an environment variable `MY_POD_IP` from the pod’s status field `status.podIP`. You can access this value using `${env:MY_POD_IP}` in your configuration to dynamically reference the pod’s IP at runtime.</Note>