# AWS CloudWatch Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The AWS CloudWatch Receiver receives Cloudwatch events from [AWS CloudWatch](https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/) via the [AWS SDK for Cloudwatch Logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/api/service/cloudwatchlogs/)

- **Component ID**: `contrib-awscloudwatchreceiver`
- **Name**: `awscloudwatchreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | logs, metrics |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-awscloudwatchreceiver/contrib-awscloudwatchreceiver-357c4d6c4df2.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-awscloudwatchreceiver/contrib-awscloudwatchreceiver-357c4d6c4df2.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/awscloudwatchreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/awscloudwatchreceiver)