Managed inputs
Managed inputs are fully managed ingestion endpoints for sending telemetry to Elastic Cloud. Each input exposes a protocol-specific endpoint that buffers data, applies back-pressure, and routes it into Elasticsearch, so you don't need to run your own ingestion infrastructure.
Managed inputs are the recommended ingestion path for Elastic Cloud. The following managed inputs are available:
| Input | Protocol | Use it to |
|---|---|---|
| Managed OTLP Endpoint | OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) | Ingest OpenTelemetry logs, metrics, and traces from EDOT or upstream collectors and SDKs. |
| Prometheus Remote Write | Prometheus Remote Write v1 (PRW) | Ingest Prometheus metrics into Elasticsearch time series data streams. |