# Fluent Forward Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

This receiver runs a TCP server that accepts events via the [Fluent Forward protocol](https://github.com/fluent/fluentd/wiki/Forward-Protocol-Specification-v1).

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

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| beta | logs |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-fluentforwardreceiver/contrib-fluentforwardreceiver-7eb3a432a301.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-fluentforwardreceiver/contrib-fluentforwardreceiver-7eb3a432a301.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/fluentforwardreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/fluentforwardreceiver)