--- title: "Compatible components | Grafana Agent documentation" description: "Learn about which components are compatible with each other in Grafana Agent Flow" --- # Compatible components This section provides an overview of *some* of the possible connections between compatible components in Grafana Agent Flow. For each common data type, we provide a list of compatible components that can export or consume it. > Note > > The type of export may not be the only requirement for chaining components together. The value of an attribute may matter as well as its type. Refer to each component’s documentation for more details on what values are acceptable. > > For example: > > - A Prometheus component may always expect an `"__address__"` label inside a list of targets. > - A `string` argument may only accept certain values like “traceID” or “spanID”. ## Targets Targets are a `list(map(string))` - a [list](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#naming-convention) of [maps](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#naming-convention) with [string](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#strings) values. They can contain different key-value pairs, and you can use them with a wide range of components. Some components require Targets to contain specific key-value pairs to work correctly. It’s recommended to always check component references for details when working with Targets. ### Targets Exporters The following components, grouped by namespace, *export* Targets. discovery - [discovery.azure](../components/discovery.azure) - [discovery.consul](../components/discovery.consul) - [discovery.consulagent](../components/discovery.consulagent) - [discovery.digitalocean](../components/discovery.digitalocean) - [discovery.dns](../components/discovery.dns) - [discovery.docker](../components/discovery.docker) - [discovery.dockerswarm](../components/discovery.dockerswarm) - [discovery.ec2](../components/discovery.ec2) - [discovery.eureka](../components/discovery.eureka) - [discovery.file](../components/discovery.file) - [discovery.gce](../components/discovery.gce) - [discovery.hetzner](../components/discovery.hetzner) - [discovery.http](../components/discovery.http) - [discovery.ionos](../components/discovery.ionos) - [discovery.kubelet](../components/discovery.kubelet) - [discovery.kubernetes](../components/discovery.kubernetes) - [discovery.kuma](../components/discovery.kuma) - [discovery.lightsail](../components/discovery.lightsail) - [discovery.linode](../components/discovery.linode) - [discovery.marathon](../components/discovery.marathon) - [discovery.nerve](../components/discovery.nerve) - [discovery.nomad](../components/discovery.nomad) - [discovery.openstack](../components/discovery.openstack) - [discovery.ovhcloud](../components/discovery.ovhcloud) - [discovery.process](../components/discovery.process) - [discovery.puppetdb](../components/discovery.puppetdb) - [discovery.relabel](../components/discovery.relabel) - [discovery.scaleway](../components/discovery.scaleway) - [discovery.serverset](../components/discovery.serverset) - [discovery.triton](../components/discovery.triton) - [discovery.uyuni](../components/discovery.uyuni) local - [local.file\_match](../components/local.file_match) prometheus - [prometheus.exporter.apache](../components/prometheus.exporter.apache) - [prometheus.exporter.azure](../components/prometheus.exporter.azure) - [prometheus.exporter.blackbox](../components/prometheus.exporter.blackbox) - [prometheus.exporter.cadvisor](../components/prometheus.exporter.cadvisor) - [prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch](../components/prometheus.exporter.cloudwatch) - [prometheus.exporter.consul](../components/prometheus.exporter.consul) - [prometheus.exporter.dnsmasq](../components/prometheus.exporter.dnsmasq) - [prometheus.exporter.elasticsearch](../components/prometheus.exporter.elasticsearch) - [prometheus.exporter.gcp](../components/prometheus.exporter.gcp) - [prometheus.exporter.github](../components/prometheus.exporter.github) - [prometheus.exporter.kafka](../components/prometheus.exporter.kafka) - [prometheus.exporter.memcached](../components/prometheus.exporter.memcached) - [prometheus.exporter.mongodb](../components/prometheus.exporter.mongodb) - [prometheus.exporter.mssql](../components/prometheus.exporter.mssql) - [prometheus.exporter.mysql](../components/prometheus.exporter.mysql) - [prometheus.exporter.oracledb](../components/prometheus.exporter.oracledb) - [prometheus.exporter.postgres](../components/prometheus.exporter.postgres) - [prometheus.exporter.process](../components/prometheus.exporter.process) - [prometheus.exporter.redis](../components/prometheus.exporter.redis) - [prometheus.exporter.self](../components/prometheus.exporter.self) - [prometheus.exporter.snmp](../components/prometheus.exporter.snmp) - [prometheus.exporter.snowflake](../components/prometheus.exporter.snowflake) - [prometheus.exporter.squid](../components/prometheus.exporter.squid) - [prometheus.exporter.statsd](../components/prometheus.exporter.statsd) - [prometheus.exporter.unix](../components/prometheus.exporter.unix) - [prometheus.exporter.vsphere](../components/prometheus.exporter.vsphere) - [prometheus.exporter.windows](../components/prometheus.exporter.windows) ### Targets Consumers The following components, grouped by namespace, *consume* Targets. discovery - [discovery.process](../components/discovery.process) - [discovery.relabel](../components/discovery.relabel) local - [local.file\_match](../components/local.file_match) loki - [loki.source.docker](../components/loki.source.docker) - [loki.source.file](../components/loki.source.file) - [loki.source.kubernetes](../components/loki.source.kubernetes) otelcol - [otelcol.processor.discovery](../components/otelcol.processor.discovery) prometheus - [prometheus.scrape](../components/prometheus.scrape) pyroscope - [pyroscope.ebpf](../components/pyroscope.ebpf) - [pyroscope.java](../components/pyroscope.java) - [pyroscope.scrape](../components/pyroscope.scrape) ## Prometheus `MetricsReceiver` The Prometheus metrics are sent between components using `MetricsReceiver`s. `MetricsReceiver`s are [capsules](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#capsules) that are exported by components that can receive Prometheus metrics. Components that can consume Prometheus metrics can be passed the `MetricsReceiver` as an argument. Use the following components to build your Prometheus metrics pipeline: ### Prometheus `MetricsReceiver` Exporters The following components, grouped by namespace, *export* Prometheus `MetricsReceiver`. otelcol - [otelcol.receiver.prometheus](../components/otelcol.receiver.prometheus) prometheus - [prometheus.relabel](../components/prometheus.relabel) - [prometheus.remote\_write](../components/prometheus.remote_write) ### Prometheus `MetricsReceiver` Consumers The following components, grouped by namespace, *consume* Prometheus `MetricsReceiver`. otelcol - [otelcol.exporter.prometheus](../components/otelcol.exporter.prometheus) prometheus - [prometheus.operator.podmonitors](../components/prometheus.operator.podmonitors) - [prometheus.operator.probes](../components/prometheus.operator.probes) - [prometheus.operator.servicemonitors](../components/prometheus.operator.servicemonitors) - [prometheus.receive\_http](../components/prometheus.receive_http) - [prometheus.relabel](../components/prometheus.relabel) - [prometheus.scrape](../components/prometheus.scrape) ## Loki `LogsReceiver` `LogsReceiver` is a [capsule](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#capsules) that is exported by components that can receive Loki logs. Components that consume `LogsReceiver` as an argument typically send logs to it. Use the following components to build your Loki logs pipeline: ### Loki `LogsReceiver` Exporters The following components, grouped by namespace, *export* Loki `LogsReceiver`. loki - [loki.echo](../components/loki.echo) - [loki.process](../components/loki.process) - [loki.relabel](../components/loki.relabel) - [loki.write](../components/loki.write) otelcol - [otelcol.receiver.loki](../components/otelcol.receiver.loki) ### Loki `LogsReceiver` Consumers The following components, grouped by namespace, *consume* Loki `LogsReceiver`. faro - [faro.receiver](../components/faro.receiver) loki - [loki.process](../components/loki.process) - [loki.relabel](../components/loki.relabel) - [loki.source.api](../components/loki.source.api) - [loki.source.awsfirehose](../components/loki.source.awsfirehose) - [loki.source.azure\_event\_hubs](../components/loki.source.azure_event_hubs) - [loki.source.cloudflare](../components/loki.source.cloudflare) - [loki.source.docker](../components/loki.source.docker) - [loki.source.file](../components/loki.source.file) - [loki.source.gcplog](../components/loki.source.gcplog) - [loki.source.gelf](../components/loki.source.gelf) - [loki.source.heroku](../components/loki.source.heroku) - [loki.source.journal](../components/loki.source.journal) - [loki.source.kafka](../components/loki.source.kafka) - [loki.source.kubernetes](../components/loki.source.kubernetes) - [loki.source.kubernetes\_events](../components/loki.source.kubernetes_events) - [loki.source.podlogs](../components/loki.source.podlogs) - [loki.source.syslog](../components/loki.source.syslog) - [loki.source.windowsevent](../components/loki.source.windowsevent) otelcol - [otelcol.exporter.loki](../components/otelcol.exporter.loki) ## OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer` The OpenTelemetry data is sent between components using `otelcol.Consumer`s. `otelcol.Consumer`s are [capsules](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#capsules) that are exported by components that can receive OpenTelemetry data. Components that can consume OpenTelemetry data can be passed the `otelcol.Consumer` as an argument. Some components that use `otelcol.Consumer` only support a subset of telemetry signals, for example, only traces. Refer to the component reference pages for more details on what is supported. Use the following components to build your OpenTelemetry pipeline: ### OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer` Exporters The following components, grouped by namespace, *export* OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer`. otelcol - [otelcol.connector.host\_info](../components/otelcol.connector.host_info) - [otelcol.connector.servicegraph](../components/otelcol.connector.servicegraph) - [otelcol.connector.spanlogs](../components/otelcol.connector.spanlogs) - [otelcol.connector.spanmetrics](../components/otelcol.connector.spanmetrics) - [otelcol.exporter.debug](../components/otelcol.exporter.debug) - [otelcol.exporter.loadbalancing](../components/otelcol.exporter.loadbalancing) - [otelcol.exporter.logging](../components/otelcol.exporter.logging) - [otelcol.exporter.loki](../components/otelcol.exporter.loki) - [otelcol.exporter.otlp](../components/otelcol.exporter.otlp) - [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp](../components/otelcol.exporter.otlphttp) - [otelcol.exporter.prometheus](../components/otelcol.exporter.prometheus) - [otelcol.processor.attributes](../components/otelcol.processor.attributes) - [otelcol.processor.batch](../components/otelcol.processor.batch) - [otelcol.processor.discovery](../components/otelcol.processor.discovery) - [otelcol.processor.filter](../components/otelcol.processor.filter) - [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes](../components/otelcol.processor.k8sattributes) - [otelcol.processor.memory\_limiter](../components/otelcol.processor.memory_limiter) - [otelcol.processor.probabilistic\_sampler](../components/otelcol.processor.probabilistic_sampler) - [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection](../components/otelcol.processor.resourcedetection) - [otelcol.processor.span](../components/otelcol.processor.span) - [otelcol.processor.tail\_sampling](../components/otelcol.processor.tail_sampling) - [otelcol.processor.transform](../components/otelcol.processor.transform) ### OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer` Consumers The following components, grouped by namespace, *consume* OpenTelemetry `otelcol.Consumer`. faro - [faro.receiver](../components/faro.receiver) otelcol - [otelcol.connector.host\_info](../components/otelcol.connector.host_info) - [otelcol.connector.servicegraph](../components/otelcol.connector.servicegraph) - [otelcol.connector.spanlogs](../components/otelcol.connector.spanlogs) - [otelcol.connector.spanmetrics](../components/otelcol.connector.spanmetrics) - [otelcol.processor.attributes](../components/otelcol.processor.attributes) - [otelcol.processor.batch](../components/otelcol.processor.batch) - [otelcol.processor.discovery](../components/otelcol.processor.discovery) - [otelcol.processor.filter](../components/otelcol.processor.filter) - [otelcol.processor.k8sattributes](../components/otelcol.processor.k8sattributes) - [otelcol.processor.memory\_limiter](../components/otelcol.processor.memory_limiter) - [otelcol.processor.probabilistic\_sampler](../components/otelcol.processor.probabilistic_sampler) - [otelcol.processor.resourcedetection](../components/otelcol.processor.resourcedetection) - [otelcol.processor.span](../components/otelcol.processor.span) - [otelcol.processor.tail\_sampling](../components/otelcol.processor.tail_sampling) - [otelcol.processor.transform](../components/otelcol.processor.transform) - [otelcol.receiver.jaeger](../components/otelcol.receiver.jaeger) - [otelcol.receiver.kafka](../components/otelcol.receiver.kafka) - [otelcol.receiver.loki](../components/otelcol.receiver.loki) - [otelcol.receiver.opencensus](../components/otelcol.receiver.opencensus) - [otelcol.receiver.otlp](../components/otelcol.receiver.otlp) - [otelcol.receiver.prometheus](../components/otelcol.receiver.prometheus) - [otelcol.receiver.vcenter](../components/otelcol.receiver.vcenter) - [otelcol.receiver.zipkin](../components/otelcol.receiver.zipkin) ## Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver` The Pyroscope profiles are sent between components using `ProfilesReceiver`s. `ProfilesReceiver`s are [capsules](../../concepts/config-language/expressions/types_and_values/#capsules) that are exported by components that can receive Pyroscope profiles. Components that can consume Pyroscope profiles can be passed the `ProfilesReceiver` as an argument. Use the following components to build your Pyroscope profiles pipeline: ### Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver` Exporters The following components, grouped by namespace, *export* Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver`. pyroscope - [pyroscope.write](../components/pyroscope.write) ### Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver` Consumers The following components, grouped by namespace, *consume* Pyroscope `ProfilesReceiver`. pyroscope - [pyroscope.ebpf](../components/pyroscope.ebpf) - [pyroscope.java](../components/pyroscope.java) - [pyroscope.scrape](../components/pyroscope.scrape)