# Host Metrics Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The Host Metrics receiver generates metrics about the host system scraped from various sources and host entity event as log. This is intended to be used when the collector is deployed as an agent.

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

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| beta | metrics |
| development | logs |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-hostmetricsreceiver/contrib-hostmetricsreceiver-9acc796a822d.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-hostmetricsreceiver/contrib-hostmetricsreceiver-9acc796a822d.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/hostmetricsreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/hostmetricsreceiver)