---
title: Send data from a contrib OpenTelemetry Collector
description: Send data from a contrib OpenTelemetry Collector to a self-managed Elastic Stack by routing it through an EDOT Collector gateway.
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/7061/solutions/observability/get-started/opentelemetry/use-cases/upstream-collector
products:
  - Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry Collector
  - Elastic Observability
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available since 9.2
---

# Send data from a contrib OpenTelemetry Collector