# ICMP Check Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The ICMP Check Receiver can be used for synthetic checks against network endpoints. This receiver will send ICMP Echo Requests (pings) to the specified `targets`. It provides device availability monitoring and interface statistics with native OpenTelemetry OTLP metrics generation.

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

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| development | metrics |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver-257891cf340e.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver-257891cf340e.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/icmpcheckreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/icmpcheckreceiver)