Collector receivers leverage network configuration to set connection and transport information.

You can configure the following network settings:

• endpoint. Configures the address for this network connection.

  • For TCP and UDP networks, the address has the form "host:port". The host must be a literal IP address, or a host name that can be resolved to IP addresses. The port must be a literal port number or a service name.

  • If the host is a literal IPv6 address it must be enclosed in square brackets, as in "[2001:db8::1]:80" or "[fe80::1%zone]:80". The zone specifies the scope of the literal IPv6 address as defined in RFC 4007.

• transport. You can use the following protocols:

  • "tcp"

  • "tcp4" (IPv4-only)

  • "tcp6" (IPv6-only)

  • "udp"

  • "udp4" (IPv4-only)

  • "udp6" (IPv6-only)

  • "ip"

  • "ip4" (IPv4-only)

  • "ip6" (IPv6-only)

  • "unix"

  • "unixgram"

  • "unixpacket"

• dialer_timeout. No timeout by default. The maximum amount of time a dial waits for a connect to complete.