Managed inputs
Managed inputs are fully managed ingestion endpoints for sending data 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 collectors and SDKs, the EDOT Cloud Forwarder, upstream OpenTelemetry collectors and SDKs, or any OTLP-compliant shipper. |
| Managed Prometheus Remote Write endpoint | Prometheus Remote Write v1 (PRW) | Ingest Prometheus metrics into Elasticsearch time series data streams. |
| Managed Elasticsearch _bulk endpoint | Elasticsearch _bulk API |
Ingest data from _bulk-based shippers such as Beats, Elastic Agent, Logstash, and other Elasticsearch-compatible shippers. |
For authentication, buffering and delivery, how indexing errors are handled, and Elastic Cloud Hosted network limitations shared by all managed inputs, refer to Authentication, delivery, and failure handling with managed inputs. For 429 responses and capacity guidance, refer to Managed inputs rate limiting.