--- title: "source: Read, receive, and collect log messages" url: "https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/" description: "Configure source drivers to collect messages from files, network protocols, local system logs, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, and applications." last_modified: "2026-09-23T14:21:26+02:00" --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/llms.txt). # source: Read, receive, and collect log messages Configure source drivers to collect messages from files, network protocols, local system logs, OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes, and applications. --- [How sources work](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/section-sources-how-work/index.md) [Arr logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/arr/index.md) [axosyslog-otlp(): Receive logs from another node using OpenTelemetry](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-syslog-ng-otlp/index.md) [Collect native macOS system logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/darwin/index.md) [default-network-drivers: Receive and parse common syslog messages](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-default-network-drivers/index.md) [ehttp: Receive logs over HTTP](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/ehttp/index.md) [elasticsearch-bulk: Receive messages from Elastic clients](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/elasticsearch-bulk/index.md) [file: Collect messages from text files](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-file/index.md) [Hypr Audit Trail and Hypr App Audit Trail](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/hypr-audit-trail/index.md) [internal: Collect internal messages](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-internal/index.md) [Jellyfin logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/jellyfin/index.md) [kubernetes: Collect and parse the Kubernetes CRI (Container Runtime Interface) format](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-kubernetes/index.md) [linux-audit: Collect messages from Linux audit logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-linux-audit/index.md) [mbox: Convert local email messages to log messages](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-source-mbox/index.md) [mqtt: receiving messages from an MQTT broker](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-mqtt/index.md) [network: Collect messages using the RFC3164 protocol (network() driver)](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-network/index.md) [nodejs: Receive JSON messages from nodejs applications](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-source-nodejs/index.md) [Collect OpenBSD kernel log messages](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/openbsd/index.md) [Receive logs, metrics, and traces from OpenTelemetry](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/opentelemetry/index.md) [osquery: Collect and parse osquery result logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/syslog-ng-source-osquery/index.md) [pacct: Collect process accounting logs on Linux](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-pacct/index.md) [Pi-hole Faster Than Light logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/pihole-ftl/index.md) [pipe: Collect messages from named pipes](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-pipe/index.md) [program: Receive messages from external applications](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-program/index.md) [python: writing server-style Python sources](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/python-source/index.md) [python-fetcher: writing fetcher-style Python sources](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/python-fetcher-source/index.md) [qBittorrent logs](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/qbittorrent/index.md) [snmptrap: Read Net-SNMP traps](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/syslog-ng-source-snmptrap/index.md) [splunk-hec: Receive messages from Splunk HEC clients](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/splunk-hec/index.md) [stdin: Collect messages from the standard input stream](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-stdin/index.md) [sun-streams: Collect messages on Sun Solaris](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-sunstreams/index.md) [syslog: Collect messages using the IETF-syslog protocol](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-syslog/index.md) [system: Collect the system-specific log messages of a platform](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-system/index.md) [systemd-journal: Collect messages from the systemd-journal system log storage](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-journal/index.md) [systemd-syslog: Collect systemd messages using a socket](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-systemd-syslog/index.md) [tcp, tcp6, udp, udp6: OBSOLETE - Collect messages from remote hosts using the BSD syslog protocol](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-tcpudp/index.md) [unix-stream, unix-dgram: Collect messages from UNIX domain sockets](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/source-unixstream/index.md) [Webhook](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/webhook/index.md) [wildcard-file: Collect messages from multiple text files](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-sources/configuring-sources-wildcard-file/index.md) Last modified September 23, 2026: [Adds frontmatter descriptions to top-level sections (a27cc77e)](https://github.com/axoflow/axosyslog-core-docs/commit/a27cc77e261c9a82032e3bd5eb4bb12b6cd51118)